Fossils
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos were homebodies
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed.
Tag: megafauna
News
The incredible megafauna fossils of Kalamurina
Strange bones have emerged from the banks of the Warburton River at Kalamurina Wildlife Sanctuary in South Australia, which tell the story of a lush landscape populated by giant marsupials, crocodiles, flocks of flamingos and even tree kangaroos.
History & Culture
This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago
Long ago, almost up until the end of the last ice age, a peculiar giant kangaroo roamed the mountainous rainforests of New Guinea.
History & Culture
5 tips on how to hunt fossils responsibly
Here are five top tips from a professional palaeontologist.
Science & Environment
Meet the ancient Australian megabeast that had perpetually ‘bent’ elbows
Imagine going through life with your arms permanently bent and locked at the elbows. Awkward, right?
Wildlife
The controversial history of the marsupial lion
Marsupial lions lived on the Australian continent from about 24 million years ago up until the end of the Pleistocene era, about 30,000 years ago.
News
Banded-hare wallaby returns to Australian mainland for first time in a century
The banded-hare wallaby is making a historic return to the Australian mainland after completely disappearing more than century ago due to predation by foxes and feral cats.
News
New study reveals evolutionary history of Australia’s gigantic ancient bird
A flightless, plant-eating bird, mihirungs weighed 250kg and lived in the late Oligocene to the early Miocene, about 33 to 20 million years ago.
Wildlife
Meet Diprotodon, Australia’s prehistoric migratory marsupial
This ancient marsupial was a gigantic beast that roamed across Eastern Australia.
Wildlife
What the giants ate
Some Australian fruits are called ‘megafauna fruits’ because the only animals capable of eating them and spreading the seeds are extinct.