Scientists have discovered three extinct giant kangaroo species in Australia and New Guinea, furthering our understanding of the evolution and distribution of these marsupials. All three species ...

When you think of kangaroos, you usually imagine the six-foot-tall kind, hopping across wide open spaces throughout Australia ...

Giant 550 pound kangaroos could still hop scientists prove by studying fossil bones and calculating forces on ancient tendons ...

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos. Two... Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene.

Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...

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Tens of thousands of years ago, during the late Pleistocene, many large animal species were simply erased from the planet during a widespread extinction. In Australia, nearly two dozen kangaroo ...