An Australian psychologist had to be rescued from her office after a "frantic" kangaroo crashed through the window.

When a dark intruder smashed through his bedroom window and bounced on his bed, Beat Ettlin at first was relieved to discover it was a kangaroo.

Polish border guards have foiled an attempt to smuggle kangaroos, miniature ponies and 11 pheasants across Poland’s border with Ukraine.

An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval.