Western Australia is home to the western gray kangaroo, which can grow more than seven feet from head to tail and weigh nearly 120 pounds. In Australia, permits are required to keep wild animals ...

A kangaroo attacked a man in Redmond, Australia, and blocked emergency paramedics from getting to him in time, leading to his death – the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in Australia since 1936.

PERTH, Australia — 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 ...

There are currently four main kangaroo species, all of which are endemic to Australia. Although kangaroos are in the same ...

The 77-year-old man in a rural part of southwest Australia may have been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet. It's reportedly the first fatal kangaroo attack in the country since 1936.

FILE – A grey kangaroo hops along a hill side in the Wombeyan Karst Conservation Reserve near Taralga, 120km (74 miles) south west of Sydney, Australia, Aug. 18, 2016.

A grey kangaroo hops along a hill side in the Wombeyan Karst Conservation Reserve near Taralga, 120km (74 miles) south west of Sydney, Australia, Aug. 18, 2016.

Western gray kangaroos are common in Australia’s southwest. They can weigh up to 119 pounds and stand more than 4 feet tall. The males can be aggressive and fight people with the same techniques ...

The 77-year-old man was found by a relative with “serious injuries” on his property in the town of Redmond, Western Australia, about 250 south-east of Perth, on Sunday.