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 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.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Robyn Williams: Now more finds from the west of an ancient eagle or giant malleefowl, and a marsupial ...

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', ...

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 ...

It did not eat flesh, but whatever got in its way would have been trampled to death, scientists agreed today after the first complete skeleton of a prehistoric monster was found in Australia. Known as ...

Wombats might have a reputation as comical, clumsy creatures - but you would not be laughing if you came across an oversized, 2.8-tonne version. Australian scientists unveiled the biggest-ever ...

A meat producer and two palaeontologists are fighting to hold onto the remains of an ancient creature the size of a Nissan X-Trail found on the Western Downs, saying losing the history would be a huge ...

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 ...