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

There has been a long-standing controversy about whether or not the first people to arrive in Australia more than 60,000 years ago were responsible for, or contributed through hunting to, the ...

Fungal spores found in the dung of Pleistocene megafauna reveal that large animals in the Colombian Andes went extinct in two “waves” Shiny Mottlegill (Panaeolus semiovatus), a species of coprophilous ...

Recent fossil discoveries in Australia have shed light on the continent’s rare and unusual wildlife, from giant Pleistocene megafauna to toothed platypuses with powerful bites. These finds reveal ...

New research led by UNSW Sydney palaeontologists challenges the idea that indigenous Australians hunted Australia’s megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors. Renowned ...

Prehistoric kangaroos in southern Australia had a more general diet than previously assumed, giving rise to new ideas about their survival and resilience to climate change, and the final extinction of ...

Introducing large herbivores in Panama’s forests could fill the gap left by extinct species, new research suggests. University of Exeter scientists studied lake sediments that contain traces of ...