New research suggests massive marsupials lived in treetops in early Australia
(Phys.org)—Researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Adelaide in studying fossils of Nimbadon lavarackorum, an extinct wombat-like marsupial, have concluded that the animal ...
Nov 28, 2012
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Giant prehistoric marsupial found in Northern Australia
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what paleontologists are describing as a major find, researchers have dug up the remains of a creature that lived some 50,000 to two million years ago. The diprotodon (Diprotodon optatum) as it' ...
Jul 05, 2011
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Balding disease killing Australia's wombats
The climb to the pouch begins in utero
Scientists have visualised the short pregnancy of a small species of the kangaroo and wallaby family of marsupials, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), for the first time by high-resolution ultrasound. ...
Mar 18, 2013
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Aircraft hit birds, kangaroos, even turtles in Australia
The rate of Australian aircraft hitting birds increased sharply in the last decade, with data Monday showing that even kangaroos, wombats and turtles are occasionally involved in accidents.
Jun 04, 2012
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