Scientists have identified three new species of giant kangaroo that lived from 5 million to 40,000 years ago, one of which is around double the size of the biggest kangaroos alive today.

Between 2013 and 2019, paleontologists unearthed numerous skeletons of ancient kangaroo species in Australia. A new study focusing on those remains reveals three previously unknown extinct ...

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) weighs only 500 grams and looks a bit like a potoroo. It's part of a lineage that extends back to before kangaroos evolved their distinctive ...

This process has sculpted ... A recent study of ancient kangaroo teeth contradicts previous beliefs that climate change caused their extinction. By examining the wear on teeth, researchers found ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through the rainforest may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously ... The researchers said they hoped to find fossils of ancient marsupials to better understand the evolution ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the ... The researchers said they hoped to find fossils of ancient marsupials to better understand the ...