Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...

Scientists previously thought hopping was impossible for Protemnodon goliah.

The image of kangaroos hopping their way across the Australian outback is iconic – and it turns out it might have been an ...

Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds ...

Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos. Two... Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene.

Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could ...

Giant ancestors of modern-day kangaroos—which previous research has estimated could weigh up to 250 kilograms—may have been ...

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 ...