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 ...

(CNN) — Scientists have identified three new species of giant kangaroo that lived from 5 million to 40,000 years ago, one of which is around double the size of the biggest kangaroos alive today. The ...

An artist's impression of the newly described fossil species Protemnodon viator and its relative Protemnodon anak, compared at scale to the living red kangaroo and eastern grey kangaroo. (Flinders ...

An artist’s impression of southeastern South Australia during the Pleistocene epoch showing various plants and animals that lived there alongside Protemnodon. The almost one-tonne Zygomaturus trilobus ...

Australia's giant kangaroos of yesteryear were likely homebodies - and that inclination ultimately did them in. The massive marsupial megaherbivores, which, at an estimated 375 pounds, weighed more ...

An artist’s impression of the newly described fossil species Protemnodon viator and its relative Protemnodon anak, compared at scale to the living red kangaroo and eastern grey kangaroo.

Kangaroos are an enduring symbol of Australia's uniqueness. To move, they do what no other large mammals do: they hop along on oversized hind legs. So you may be surprised to learn that some kangaroos ...

Though hopping is the kangaroo’s trademark feature, a prehistoric family of kangaroos may have once walked on two feet, according to a new study by Professor of Biology Christine Janis. Janis has been ...

Giant kangaroos twice the size of today’s largest once hopped across Australia, analysis of enormous fossils has revealed. Paleontologists have uncovered three unusual species of giant fossil kangaroo ...