It also shows that these arboreal mammals -- an extinct family known as mixodectids -- and humans occupy relatively close branches on the evolutionary tree. "A 62-million-year-old skeleton of this ...

But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter — first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. Matschie's tree kangaroos live in mountainous cloud forests at elevations of up to 11,000 ...

The excavation had been ongoing for around two years, at the end of which experts unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of the ancient mammal, BBC stated. The short-faced kangaroo whose scientific ...

While the tree kangaroo is related to the land kangaroo found in Australia, it has shorter, wider hind feet and a longer, narrower tail than its cousin. The tree kangaroo's heavy, curved claws ...