A new analysis of an extinct giant kangaroo skull suggests it was adapted to eat tough, woody material - a feeding style not found in any modern marsupials.
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Kangaroos are a national icon, but Australian authors seem determined to kill them off.
Polar bears ‘invading’ a Russian village have renewed concern over climate change in the Arctic, but human-wildlife conflicts are flaring up everywhere.
In the mid 19th century, kangaroo hunting was a sport. Colonial hunting clubs were established across Australia and everyone from Charles Darwin to Anthony Trollope tried their hand at shooting roos.
When environmental needs outstrip government funds, people power steps up.
Here’s some advice on taking selfies with wild animals: don’t. It’s not fun for the animal, and can have serious knock-on effects for their health. And you could be injured (or worse).
A new documentary makes some controversial claims about the health of kangaroo populations. But the real threat is not to Australia’s iconic kangaroos – it’s to dozens of other, obscure species.
If Australians are to eat healthy, unprocessed meats while making sustainable choices, native animals would be an obvious choice.
Campaigners against commercial kangaroo harvesting say it’s unsustainable and have convinced California to extend a ban on kangaroo imports. But are Australia’s world-famous roos really at risk?
The kangaroo meat industry is worth far less than the industry states.
Are kangaroos in plague proportions, necessitating large-scale killing and a commercial industry, or are they in decline?
Each year rangers in the Australian Capital Territory cull kangaroos as part of the territory’s Kangaroo Management Plan. This year they killed a few over 1,500 kangaroos. Even though millions of kangaroos…
Extinct giant kangaroos may have been built more for walking, rather than hopping like today’s kangaroos, especially when moving slowly. These sthenurine kangaroos existed until around 30,000 years ago…
Kangaroos use their tails to help propel their walking. Researchers from University of New South Wales videotaped red kangaroos…
An innovative breeding technique could help bring Australia’s endangered kangaroos and wallabies back from the brink of extinction…
The discovery of a Portuguese manuscript purporting to include an illustration of a kangaroo has been used to question which European power was first to “discover” Australia. The drawing is included in…
A male kangaroo’s forearm size could be a sexually selected trait and help them find a mate, a new study has found. In fact, male kangaroos frequently adopt poses to show off their muscly arms to females…
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a simple and cost-effective DNA test to identify kangaroo species from…
Australia’s commercial kangaroo industry is the world’s largest consumptive mammalian wildlife industry. Calculated on a ten-year period, an average of three million adult kangaroos are killed each year…
This article was published in 2011. A follow-up article refuted its claims. The ethics of eating red meat have been grilled recently by critics who question its consequences for environmental health and…
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