Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

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

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

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

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 ...

The evolutionary history of kangaroos, which are the only hopping animals with body masses greater than 5kg, cannot be understood without considering ...

"These results signal a potential pathway to how bipedal hopping evolved in kangaroos," said Harvard University biologist Peter Bishop, who was involved in the work. "Perhaps it started with an ...

Kangaroos are instantly recognizable by their world-famous hop. Unlike most mammals, kangaroos don’t walk or run; instead, ...

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned ...