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 ...

Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could ...

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg ...

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After years of believing prehistoric kangaroos were too heavy to hop, a new study suggests that maybe they actually could.

Research for first time suggests tendon and bones in heavier species would have made bounding possible Giant 250kg kangaroos that once roamed Australia would probably have been able to hop despite ...

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An ancient giant kangaroo that lived in Australia 50,000 years ago likely hopped after all, refuting past research on the species, according to a new study. Scientists previously believed that ...

Indigenous Australians may have been fossil collectors, not hunters that drove megafauna to extinction, new research suggests. For more than 40 years, cuts in the lower leg bone of a now-extinct giant ...

A new study shows that an ancient giant kangaroo that lived in Australia 50,000 years ago likely hopped, challenging previous ideas about the species. Scientists previously believed that Protemnodon ...