Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds ...

Post-doctoral student Megan Jones and colleagues at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom analyzed the rear limbs of 94 modern and 40 fossil kangaroos and wallabies. Collectively, they ...

Previous research indicated that kangaroos weighing more than about 350 pounds would rupture their ankle tendons if they tried to hop. The largest of the Ice Age kangaroos, Procoptodon goliah, which ...

New fossil discoveries reveal that colossal kangaroos from Australia’s Ice Age could still bounce across the landscape, despite their size.

A new study using fossil evidence suggests extinct giant kangaroos, some weighing up to 250kg, were physically capable of ...

Five years after feral cats were removed from inside the Western River Refuge on Kangaroo Island, populations of endangered species have boomed.

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been able to hop in short bursts, according to research published in Scientific ...

A detailed study of bones and tendons overturns assumptions about the mobility of Australia’s extinct mega kangaroos.