Study reveals koala have extinct from their ancient relatives, including marsupial lions and giant wombats. Ancient proteins ...

Cavers came across the skeletal remains of 16-foot-high kangaroos, pony-sized wombats and flesh-eating marsupial lions in deep sinkholes in the Australian outback, scientists said. The prize among a ...

NOVA takes viewers to the stark Australian outback in search of the elusive bones of one of the world's most bizarre prehistoric creatures—a giant predatory marsupial called Thylacoleo. Australia's ...

Marsupial predators — larger than leopards and every bit as agile — once hunted across South Australia. Adelaide scientists have revealed for the first time what they were like. In a paper published ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This pleasant-looking fellow is diprotodon optatum, a giant marsupial that lived in Australia for millions of years. We’ve now discovered the first complete skeleton of this marsupial, proving the ...

These 100,000-year-old footprints were left by a giant wombat, one species of megafauna among many that once roamed Australia. Now artists have created portraits of these lost megafauna for National ...