There is great debate as to why we no longer have the Pleistocene megafauna with us today. Some argue that the interglacial we are currently in the middle of is no different from previous interglacial ...

"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, co-founder of an organization devoted to environmental monitoring. The demise ...

Australia is known for its unusual animal life, from koalas to kangaroos. But once upon a time, the Australian landscape had even weirder fauna, like Palorchestes azael, a marsupial with immense claws ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cyprus was home to only these two species of megafauna during the Late Pleistocene. The dwarf elephant was roughly 1,000 pounds, ...

Identifying prehistoric Australian megafauna from fossils may have gotten easier thanks to collagen peptide markers. These peptides can help researchers distinguish different animal genera and perhaps ...

Ancient stone tools from North and South Carolina reveal direct evidence of Ice Age megafauna hunting. Immunological and ...

For animator and academic Dr. Jason Kennedy, palaeoart isn't just a hobby. Creating 3D images of prehistoric animals sits at the intersection of science and art, combining fossil analysis, comparisons ...

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Zygomaturus trilobus - a marsupial with no modern day comparisons that probably lived in the wetter areas of Australia, ...

The extinction of the megafauna – giant marsupials that lived in Australia until 60,000 to 45,000 years ago – is a topic of fierce debate. Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants ...

Meet some of Australia's larger-than-life ancient giants in this animated series about megafauna, narrated by comedian Sammy ...