The most complete skull of a giant wombat that roamed the continent 80,000 years ago has been described for the first time in history. The place we call Australia today was in many ways vastly ...

A wombat-like creature, the size of a black bear and weighing 330 pounds, roamed the earth some 25 million years ago, scientists have discovered. A team led by researchers from the University of ...

A mass grave of prehistoric “giant wombats” – a marsupial the size of a rhinocerous – has been discovered in Australia, according to reports. The discovery of about 50 diprotodon skeletons ...

The long-forgotten remains of a giant wombat-like animal that roamed Australia 25 million years ago has revealed an all new family of ancient marsupials. IN 1973, well-known Australian palaeontologist ...

BRISBANE, Australia, June 21 (UPI) -- Australian paleontologists say they've unearthed a large deposit of prehistoric "giant wombat" skeletons that provide clues to the species' extinction.

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Scientists have concluded a seven-year study into 130-kilogram giant wombats — comparable in size to "really large sheep" — that lived in central Queensland about 80,000 years ago.

A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it. The unique ...

A mass grave of prehistoric “giant wombats” – a marsupial the size of a rhinocerous – has been discovered in Australia, according to reports. The discovery of about 50 diprotodon skeletons ...