For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia's unique wildlife—from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct—are available for all to see, via their bones and ...

Studies on the musky rat-kangaroo suggest that bipedal hopping may have evolved from a synchronized quadrupedal gait. This transition could have been favored by environmental changes, such as the ...

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky rat ...