During the late Pleistocene epoch, which took place between 126,000 and 11,700 years ago, hordes of megafauna species -- large organisms that weigh roughly 110 pounds or more -- died out in what is ...

Bigger mammals usually roam more widely than smaller relatives, but fossils indicate this wasn’t true for extinct giant kangaroos. The findings could help explain the extinction of these great beasts ...

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia’s unique wildlife – from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct – are available for all to see, via their bones and ...