It’s only their size and nocturnal lifestyle that led European naturalists to put the rat in their name. They’re no relation to the North American kangaroo rat. The team collaborated with The ...

It’s only their size and nocturnal lifestyle that led European naturalists to put the rat in their name. They’re no relation to the North American kangaroo rat. “Rat-kangaroos, like bettongs ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that's the last living representative of its family.

Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin ...

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There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its Country of origin, the Wangkangurru ...

In Queensland's rainforests, the musky rat-kangaroo is the last of its family and provides insights into the evolution of hopping in kangaroos. Unlike other kangaroos, muskies use a unique 'bound' ...

“The musky rat-kangaroo, as the most primitive living macropodoid (a group that includes kangaroos, wallabies, potoroos and bettongs), can offer insight into evolution within the group ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk. Kangaroos and ...

Adelaide, Feb 27 – The formidable bite of an animal often comes down to size, and the desert rat-kangaroo, or ngudlukanta, illustrates this perfectly. This small marsupial, possibly extinct, hails ...