Diprotodon was the largest marsupial ever to live. New evidence shows it migrated annually – and could make us reassess what we know of other extinct marsupials Perhaps nowhere is the debate regarding ...

While the Diprotodon -- the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was the size of a small car -- is commonly (but incorrectly) thought of as Australia's 'giant wombat', ...

In 2016, Australian beachcombers uncovered fossils that revealed Australia’s ancient megafauna, including giant marsupials ...

Researchers is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth -- the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon. Standing 1.8 meters tall and reaching up to 3.5 meters in length, this ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Dr Aaron Camens, Flinders University: Hi, I'm Aaron Camens, I'm a vertebrate palaeontologist, which ...

The fossilised jaw of a juvenile Diprotodon — or giant wombat — has been discovered at a site known for producing megafauna fossils, in the Monaro region of NSW. Council workers have found a ...

The Diprotodon optatum, the largest marsupial that ever lived, is a migratory species, a discovery that might lead to significant changes in what we think about ancient and modern animal migration.

Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia’s megafauna. Identifying prehistoric Australian megafauna from fossils may have gotten easier thanks ...

The Pleistocene was characterised by rapid shifts from warm (interglacial) to cold (glacial) climates and back again. Over the past 2.5 million years there have been 103 shifts in climate. Although ...

If you thought Australia was home to only one ancient ‘giant wombat’, think again. While the Diprotodon - the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was the size of a small ...