Bennett's tree kangaroos, one of Australia's most mysterious marsupials, have long eluded researchers. Our new study, ...

tree-kangaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others. Macropods are native to Australia, New Guinea, and some nearby islands. Before the European settlement of Australia, about 65 species of ...

Scientists Create the First IVF Kangaroo Embryo, Hope to Do the Same for Other Endangered Species Deterioration of ecosystems ...

Most, though not all of these, were sthenurines or short-faced kangaroos. Long-faced kangaroo species (macropodids) lived alongside sthenurines, and survive around Australia today. Along with ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important ...

Tree kangaroos are found only in the tropical rainforests of Australia and New Guinea. Unlike their ground-dwelling relatives, they spend their lives in treetops, feeding on leaves and vines. Their ...

A near perfect fossilised skeleton found in the South Australian desert has been the key to solving a 150-year-old megafauna mystery. Giant kangaroos known as Protemnodon were first described in ...