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 ...

Mom can produce multiple types of milk at the ... Another special feature about the kangaroo pouch is that it's lined with sweat glands that release antimicrobial substances, which help protect ...

The tiny Matschie’s tree kangaroo, considered endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature since 1996, can be seen poking its head out of its mother’s pouch in a post by the ...

Their backward-facing pouches protect their little ones from getting pelted with dirt and debris every time Mom starts ...

The Matschie's tree kangaroo is endemic to the Huon Peninsula ... crawls to a teat located inside the mother's pouch, where it attaches itself to nurse. The majority of the infant's development ...

At first glance, a kangaroo's pouch looks like nothing but a built-in ... After all, they only spend 33 days inside their mom before birth. That's like a human having a baby when she's two months ...

Hop on over to Clearwater Marine Aquarium to snuggle up baby kangaroo joeys during the NEW Pouch Pals Baby Roo Encounter!

The infant immediately climbs into its mother's pouch and does not emerge for two ... water sources—both of which are boons to kangaroo populations. Many millions of these animals roam Australia ...

Two kangaroo joeys at Berlin Zoo have taken their first hops, marking a major milestone after spending months snugly tucked ...

They immediately crawl into their mothers' pouches where they continue to develop after birth—usually for a couple of months. Young wallabies, like their larger kangaroo cousins, are called joeys.