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 ...

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been ...

For a long time, scientists thought there was a hard limit to hopping. Go beyond a certain body weight, the logic went, and ...

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

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

Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.

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.

The paper also said that giant kangaroos probably did not rely on jumping for every movement because that would have been ...

Kangaroo Island is witnessing a remarkable resurgence of its vulnerable animal populations, thanks to the establishment of a 380-hectare predator-proof enclosure. This initiative, led by the ...