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 ...

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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 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 ...

When you think of kangaroos, you usually imagine the six-foot-tall kind, hopping across wide open spaces throughout Australia ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, during the late Pleistocene, many large animal species were simply erased from the planet during a widespread extinction. In Australia, nearly two dozen kangaroo ...