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

They are, therefore, the only living kangaroo that doesn't hop. Combined with further investigation of their anatomy, these observations help us get closer to understanding how and why kangaroos ...

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 ...

A musky rat-kangaroo in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. Photo by Amy TschirnTo understand why kangaroos hop - a rarity ...

Combined with further investigation of the musky rat-kangaroo’s anatomy, these observations help provide more understanding of how and why kangaroos adopted their distinctive bipedal hopping ...