Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds ...

Post-doctoral student Megan Jones and colleagues at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom analyzed the rear ...

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been ...

New fossil discoveries reveal that colossal kangaroos from Australia’s Ice Age could still bounce across the landscape, despite their size.

Previous research indicated that kangaroos weighing more than about 350 pounds would rupture their ankle tendons if they tried to hop. The largest of the Ice Age kangaroos, Procoptodon goliah, which ...

Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, scaling up the anatomy of a Big Red suggests the physical act becomes ...

Research for first time suggests tendon and bones in heavier species would have made bounding possible ...

Five years after feral cats were removed from inside the Western River Refuge on Kangaroo Island, populations of endangered species have boomed.

A new study using fossil evidence suggests extinct giant kangaroos, some weighing up to 250kg, were physically capable of ...

A detailed study of bones and tendons overturns assumptions about the mobility of Australia’s extinct mega kangaroos.