The return of Ueno Zoo’s last giant pandas underscores how an animal became a diplomatic symbol — and what happens when that symbol is withdrawn.

Learn more about ancient giant kangaroos and the previous research claiming they were too heavy to hop. A new study finds ...

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

Will Smith ventured into a remote cave collect and study venom from giant tarantulas for his National Geographic show, ...

Prehistoric giant kangaroos could hop after all, challenging long-held beliefs about their movement.

Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about ...

Three Andean condors have been released into the Patagonia National Park in Chile to help protect the species, which is vital ...

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

An ancient giant kangaroo that lived in Australia 50,000 years ago likely hopped after all, according to new research.

Despite their enormous size, giant ancient kangaroos may have been capable of hopping in short, powerful bursts.

Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could also have bounced ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...