Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

Kangaroos and closely related wallabies are the only large animals to hop upright on two legs, researchers from Australia's ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned ...

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ... they can provide a crucial insight into how and when this iconic form of locomotion evolved in Australia. Our study, published in Australian ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...