An illustration of the giant flightless bird known as Genyornis newtoni, surprised on her nest by a 1 ton, predatory lizard named Megalania prisca in Australia roughly 50,000 years ago. Illustration ...

Australia's first fossil vulture has been confirmed more than 100 years after it was first described as an eagle. The discovery highlights the diversity of Australian megafauna and other animals many ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ellen K. Mather does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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 ...

A combination of climate and people drove Australia’s biggest beasts to extinction. Unearthing the reason why Australia’s ancient megafauna, from massive marsupials to 7-metre-long lizards, became ...

Jon Woodhead receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Kale Sniderman receives funding from the Australian Research Council Liz Reed receives funding from the Australian Research Council.