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.

This pleasant-looking fellow is diprotodon optatum, a giant marsupial that lived in Australia for millions of years. We’ve now discovered the first complete skeleton of this marsupial, proving the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A painting of the now-extinct marsupial Diprotodon. . We see a painting of a four-legged gray animal with buck teeth and a big ...

Australia was once home to giants. Towering birds, terrifyingly large lizards and massive marsupials patrolled the landscape. Such creatures would have dwarfed today's beefiest locals. And while these ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --Australia was once home to a giant prehistoric Ice Age marsupial related to wombats and koalas, and that followed an annual seasonal migration. The 3-ton beast, up to nearly 6 feet ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Dr Aaron Camens, Flinders University: So, what we've got here is a skeleton from Diprotodon optatum, ...

Today, 80% of Australia is arid, but it was not always that way. In the early Pliocene, 5.4 to 3.6 million years ago, Australia had a greenhouse climate, widespread forests and diverse marsupial ...