Kangaroos may have a reputation for being cute and cuddly animals, but the males of the species can be pretty intimidating.

Eastern gray kangaroos roam the forests of Australia and Tasmania and prefer to live among the trees, though they do take to open grasslands for grazing. Gray kangaroos, red kangaroos, and ...

Six of ten species are found in Papua New Guinea, in some of the last undisturbed rain forest habitat in the world. The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula on the northeast ...

Australia's Pleistocene epoch, spanning from 2.6 million to 12,000 years ago, was a period marked by dramatic ecological ...

Name: Protemnodon viator Weight: 166kg Habitat: Arid areas of Central Australia Movement: Fast, efficient hopper Protemnodon viator was the biggest of the ancient kangaroo species, growing to ...

Kangaroos can quickly cover large distances using their distinctive gait, which is most effective in open habitats such as deserts and grasslands. The long-held view has been that the animals ...

Conservation groups have reached an agreement with the developer of the Lytle Creek Ranch development project in Southern California to permanently protect 177 acres of occupied habitat for the state ...

Texas kangaroo rats are threatened by historic and ongoing conversion of their short-grass prairie habitat to agriculture, elimination of natural fires, extermination of bison and large-scale ...