A long, long time ago, marsupials the size of small trucks, 2-meter-tall "thunder birds" and 5-meter-long venomous lizards roamed Australia. These animals—and more—were Australia's megafauna.

Scientists have found proof that the early humans who lived in North America during the last Ice Age mainly hunted and ate ...

Rochelle Lawrence/Queensland MuseumResearchers uncovered at least 13 species of extinct megafauna that once roamed in prehistoric Australia. Between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago, the land that we ...

Researchers found that her diet primarily consisted of meat from megafauna, the largest animals in an ecosystem, particularly ...

South American megafauna, from giant sloths to camel-like creatures, survived thousands of years longer than we thought, ...

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 ...

Australia was once home to a group of extraordinary animals known as Megafauna. What became of them has been debated for over a century, but now a team of scientists are re-opening this paleolithic ...

“Rivers run in only one direction—downward, carried by gravity,” says Middleton. “But megafauna, using their ancient corridors, flow back and forth, up and down mountains, between winter ...

"By shedding light on the ecological roles of Australia's marsupial megafauna, we will develop a better understanding of how its modern ecosystems evolved. Among other things, this might help to ...

The BC Megafauna Project looks at ice age animals found in British Columbia. Our aim is to find and document as many of them as possible, from both public and private collections. We want to know when ...