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Watch endangered marsupials return to Australian bushland after 62 years
Jerrinja tribal leader Ron Carberry conducted a Welcome to Country as the animals examined their new home. A Welcome to ...
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed
Australia’s giant Protemnodon kangaroos didn’t die out everywhere at the same time. Instead, extinction proceeded one habitat ...
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Thylacoleo: Australia’s Marsupial Lion With Bone-Crushing Jaws
Imagine standing in the heart of ancient Australia, surrounded by dense eucalyptus forests and wide-open plains. Suddenly, ...
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How giant prehistoric kangaroos were wiped out
Scientists used fossil data to predict the home range of the prehistoric Protemnodon and its implications for the species’ ...
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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats—but where's the evidence?
Making the strongest case for fox and cat pressure are studies finding extinct species often fall within a critical weight ...
If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores
Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.
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Extinctions of Australian mammals have long been blamed on foxes and cats—but where's the evidence?
We included local extinctions (extinct in an area ... But these studies don't explain why Australian animals would be uniquely vulnerable. For millennia, Australia's mammals have lived alongside ...