A TIME capsule of megafauna fossils dating back more than 45,000 years ago has been uncovered near Naracoorte, in the state’s South East. The rare paleontological find is considered to be so extensive ...

This documentary traces the full evolutionary timeline of prehistoric creatures that shaped Australia long before humans. It explores how dinosaurs and megafauna developed in extreme isolation, ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago. Learning why could provide crucial evidence about prehistoric ecosystems and ...

Incision marks likely made by humans on the fossilised bone of an ancient kangaroo challenges the ‘humans wiped out Australian megafauna’ theory. Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still ...

When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...

Now a Deakin University scientist is now hoping finally reveal why the megafauna died out, and why so many of their fossils are found in a small patch of land on the outskirts of Lancefield.

Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia’s megafauna. Identifying prehistoric Australian megafauna from fossils may have gotten easier thanks ...

What happened to all the megafauna? From moas to mammoths, many large animals went extinct between 50 and 10,000 years ago. Learning why could provide crucial evidence about prehistoric ecosystems and ...

Scientists in Queensland have uncovered a fossil ‘goldmine’, but severe underfunding is hampering the project. AN UNDER-FUNDED SCIENTIST studying a 500,000-year-old ‘fossil goldmine’ in Queensland ...