The Tremembé Formation itself is the only fossil-rich unit in Brazil from the Late Oligocene that preserves mammal remains.

In a protected forest of eastern Australia, one of the country's "rarest mammals" wandered past a trail camera, its pouch ...

There are promising signs that the animal wasn't totally alone.

Peptide markers in collagen can help us identify species from fragments of bone too damaged to recognize, and fossils found in places that are too hot or humid to preserve DNA. A team of scientists ...

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for ...

Three wild-born northern hairy-nosed wombats born in Powrunna State Forest mark a new chapter in the species' recovery from ...

Jelly Roll’s real name is Jason DeFord, but when he was young, his mother nicknamed him "Jelly Roll" because he was a "pudgy ...

Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial ...

Video shows Australian wombats Gem and Milo undergoing a dental checkup in Victoria, Australia.Footage from Healesville Sanctuary shows a vet examining the anesthetized marsupial’s teeth, with a ...

Every year on October 22, World Wombat Day is celebrated to honour one of Australia’s most fascinating native animals, the wombat. These sturdy, burrowing marsupials may not be as famous as kangaroos ...