A rare tree kangaroo born in The Bronx at the end of December ... At birth, the tree kangaroo joey is the size of a jellybean, and the majority of its physical development occurs in the mother ...

Marsupials are mammals known for carrying their young in a pouch. This pouch is called a marsupium, which is a Latin word ...

The kangaroo joey in this video is a natural at hopping, quickly jumping on his own seconds after leaving his mom's pouch Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

It has to be, because the joey inside is not your average baby. An adult male red kangaroo can stand over 1 1/2 meters tall and weigh 90 kilograms. That's larger than a grown man. But the newborns ...

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula ... After birth, the fetus-like young, called a joey, crawls to a teat located inside the mother's pouch, where it attaches itself ...

However, their Baby Kangaroo Rescue Centre provides specialized ... The females often mate again right after the joey is born. They can retain a dormant embryo in the uterus for around seven ...

An encounter with a kangaroo left dying on a roadside on Kangaroo Island spurred photographer Doug Gimesy into action. Now this winner of the 2016 AG Nature Photographer of the Year ‘Our Impact’ ...

However, the kangaroos are not fully formed when they are born ... in the joey’s throat to keep them in place until they can suckle on their own at around two months old. Kangaroo reproduction ...