Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

He’s been labelled the “jungle rat” of Australian Survivor: Brains V Brawn II – and Myles couldn’t be happier. In fact, he’s just launched a range of T-shirts, featuring himself as a rat. “Rats are in ...