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Some 25 years after she directed Looking for Alibrandi, Kate Woods’ new family film will make your heart leap with joy.
The first representation of a kangaroo on money was not in Australia, but actually in England in 1795.
Musky rat-kangaroos look a bit like a potoroo – but they have a unique trait not shared with any other roos.
Roughly 40,000 years ago, the short-faced cousins of modern kangaroos died out. The cause has been the subject of fierce debate.
Have you ever paused to think about the athletic abilities of Australian wildlife? Let’s look at some of our best competitors and how might they fare in a contest against humans and overseas entrants.
Yearly growth lines and a conveyor belt of molars show how marsupial teeth carry a surprising amount of information.
Critics have long wrestled with the question of how artists and writers influence each other. For Luke Johnson, an encounter with a painting took him in a wholly unexpected direction.
Some extinct kangaroos may barely have hopped at all.
Marsupial rescue, rehabilitation and release statistics from New South Wales and Kangaroo Island during Black Summer fires reveal poor survival rates, despite the courageous efforts of volunteers.
Many measures commonly thought to reduce the toll of animals injured and killed on our roads aren’t effective. But there is evidence to support other solutions.
New research shows kangaroos may form long-term friendships.
The ancestors of kangaroos once lived in the trees – but their evolutionary history is murky. Here’s everything we know so far.
It can be hard and costly to collect data on the threats to species at specific locations. Wildlife emergency response services have long-running records for hundreds of species that suffered harm.
Kangaroos are essentially peace-loving herbivores, but they’re known to attack if it feels cornered – or even if it sees a human as a sparring partner.
Two newly discovered species of quokka-sized kangaroos, which lived 18 million years ago in the Queensland rainforest, show evolution in the act of giving kangaroos a taste for leaves.
If a bill before the US Congress succeeds, it would further suppress global demand for kangaroo products and lead to more animal suffering, not less.
The dingo fence is the longest fence in the world. The environment looks almost identical on either side — until you view it from space.
As the holiday season begins after months of reduced travel, wildlife hospitals are braced for a new wave of admissions.
Public opposition to kangaroo culls shouldn’t overrule the needs of thousands of other native species in national parks.
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