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 ...

Australia's giant kangaroos of yesteryear were likely homebodies - and that inclination ultimately did them in. The massive marsupial megaherbivores, which, at an estimated 375 pounds, weighed more ...

An artist’s impression of southeastern South Australia during the Pleistocene epoch showing various plants and animals that lived there alongside Protemnodon. The almost one-tonne Zygomaturus trilobus ...

Giant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to disappear, according to a study published in PLOS One by Christopher Laurikainen Gaete of the University of ...

Giant kangaroos were 'homebodies' who were wiped out when climate change destroyed their stable habitats, according to a new study. Small home ranges made the ancient Australian species vulnerable to ...

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