Tree kangaroos are the only macropods that live where their ancestors did. All macropods, including different types of kangaroos and wallabies, used to live in the trees. However, millions of ...

"This high concentration of macropods tells us about their significance ... This intimate relationship is how totemic systems arose, in which different animals were connected with the laws ...

Dawson’s work also, for the first time, conclusively establishes that smaller macropods – those Australian animals that look like different sized kangaroos – don’t have a fifth leg.

Macropods are also herbivorous, meaning they love to snack on vegetation, like leaves, grass, and vegetables. Which brings us to today's wild wonder. This one comes from Ethan, a patient at ...

Most kangaroos live on the continent of Australia, though each species has a different place it likes to call home. For example, the musky rat-kangaroo likes to nestle down in little nests on the ...

Since wallabies, like kangaroos and other macropods, are very lean ... each body part fully dissected and the different components weighed and nutritionally analysed. I found kangaroos and ...

The majority of the paintings were depictions of animals, including a snake, a lizard-like figure and three macropods. Australia's oldest rock painting is of the continent's most iconic animal ...

WWF Australia is developing a Species Action Plan for threatened macropods of Australia and New Guinea, to guide recovery efforts with a view to ensuring that all macropods are thriving in their ...

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others. Macropods are native to Australia, New ...

A new study into a long-range kangaroo deterrent - said by its maker to use high-frequency sound to scare the macropods away from vehicles - has found the device has no effect. The Melbourne ...

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will investigate the health and wellbeing of kangaroos and other macropods amid concerns populations of the native animals are declining. Red and grey ...