Who named it?: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis chose the Welsh name ‘Cwtch’ for a new kangaroo joey at Australia Zoo. Why this name?: ‘Cwtch’ means ‘cuddle’ in Welsh, fitting ...

A tiny town in regional Queensland, Australia, is fighting off a horde of kangaroos, with locals saying there are simply “too many to count.” Maaroom, perched just south of Hervey Bay, is home to ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A team of researchers has identified three new species of giant kangaroos after examining fossils from Australia. The ...

A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in ...

Australians living in the nation’s drought-ravaged capital were warned on Wednesday to keep their distance from aggressive kangaroos after the iconic marsupials attacked one woman and killed a pet ...

Australian palaeontologists from Flinders University have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea. The new description of the fossil ...