For many people, thinking of Ice Age animals evokes images of woolly mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and giant sloths. But in prehistoric Australia, giant kangaroos also roamed the land. What’s more, ...

There's new research that has some paleontologists "jumping for joy"! Here's why giant extinct kangaroos may have been able ...

Giant 550 pound kangaroos could still hop scientists prove by studying fossil bones and calculating forces on ancient tendons ...

Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds their leg bones and tendons were likely strong enough to support hopping, ...

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

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been able to hop in short bursts, according to research published in Scientific ...

Even the giant kangaroos that roamed Australia thousands of years ago might have been able to hop, according to a new analysis of bones. Some of the kangaroos living during the Pleistocene were more ...