New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with unconfirmed sightings suggesting it may still exist. A fascinating native Australian ...

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably ... and ecology have compared the biting ability of different small animal skulls to understand the kinds of food the desert ...

Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) – is one of the many small Australian mammals lost to cats and foxes, but all hope is not gone. If ...

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be hiding in the vast and harsh Sturt Stony Desert of Australia.

"Rat-kangaroos, like bettongs and potoroos ... specimens that were gathered in inaccessible areas of South Australia. The small marsupial was declared extinct in 1994 after the last specimen ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through the rainforest may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...