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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists have identified three new species of giant kangaroo that lived from 5 million to 40,000 years ago, one of which is around double the size of the biggest kangaroos alive today. The giant ...

It's not every day you spot a kangaroo hopping around Florida, or really anywhere outside of Australia. And even though the marsupials are instantly recognizable, how much do we really know about them ...