In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

However, the vast majority of animals that hop are really small. The only hopping animals with body masses over 500 grams are kangaroos. And Australia used to have a lot more kangaroo species ...

They believe the answer may lie with the small musky rat-kangaroo, a bush-dwelling marsupial weighing about the same as a ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian ... Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback.

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback. Photo: AFP Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback. Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say ...