Kangaroo

Kangaroo painting created 17,000 years ago is oldest Aboriginal rock art

Other images were mostly depictions of animals, including a snake, a lizard-like figure, and three macropods including kangaroos, wallabies and quokkas.

Watch: Australian prison provides rehab for inmates and animals

Inmates at an Australian prison are caring for animals that have been abandoned, attacked by predators, hit by cars or even seized in a drug bust as part of a rehabilitation programme.

Rio Olympics: Australian delegation takes a dig at Mayor Eduardo Paes, arrive with kangaroo in tow

Shoe bombs are so 2001: Teen in Australia arrested for attempting to pack kangaroo with bomb

A teenage suspect discussed with a British accomplice packing a kangaroo with explosives before setting it loose on Australian police officers, prosecutors alleged today

Injured kangaroo shuts down Melbourne Airport partially

Given the name Cyrus, after one of his rescuers, the male eastern grey kangaroo was injured by a vehicle on a nearby road.

Boxing kangaroo stops jogging Australian MP in his tracks

"Unfortunately I was in the way and the kangaroo struck me", said Greens politician and keen triathlete Shane Rattenbury.