As to why the Diprotodon fossils were all found together, the researchers think the animals must have gotten trapped somehow in what was a boglike area.

While a lot of fossil study focuses on dentition and other areas of the skull, this discovery highlights how much can be learned about an ancient animal and how it got around through its feet.

The remote fossil deposit in Australia's outback Queensland state is thought to contain up to 50 diprotodon skeletons, including a huge specimen named Kenny, whose jawbone alone is 70 centimetres ...

The remote fossil deposit in Australia's outback Queensland state is thought to contain up to 50 diprotodon skeletons, including a huge specimen named Kenny, whose jawbone alone is 70 centimetres ...

The Diprotodon optatum, the largest marsupial that ever lived, is a migratory species, a discovery that might lead to significant changes in what we think about ancient and modern animal migration.

While the Diprotodon -- the extinct megafauna species that is distantly related to wombats but was the size of a small car -- is commonly (but incorrectly) thought of as Australia's 'giant wombat ...

University of Queensland research is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth – the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon.

The Bunyip, a legendary Australian water monster, might be rooted in encounters with Diprotodon fossils. This enormous herbivore, related to wombats, stood taller than a person and lived until ...

This particular diprotodon is headed to Riversleigh Fossil Centre, where researchers hope the complete skeleton will offer vital new clues to the nature of this ancient beast.

The situation at the fossil dig that took place over the past two weeks in the Pilbara could not have been more different. The WA Museum’s dig team – three WA Museum staff along with five research ...