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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sammy J: Meet Diprotodon optatum. This is a scientific artist's interpretation of the biggest marsupial ...

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.

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Australia was once home to a giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas, and that followed an annual seasonal migration. The three-tonne beast, up to 1.8 metres tall and 3.5 ...

A treasure trove of giant marsupial fossils — including one named Kenny — has been uncovered in Australia. The bones will help researchers better understand these ancient pouched mammals, and figure ...

Australian scientists Thursday unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the species' extinction.

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 ...

And just in time too - despite it being hidden in earth for millions of years, the fossil - exposed by the excavation - was under threat from the Territory's notorious Wet Season storms and floods.

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', ...

Palaeontologists in Australia have found a virtually complete skeleton that is the largest known example of a diprotodon, a giant wombat-like animal. This diprotodon is comparable in size to a four ...