Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...

A sweeping new study reveals that mammals in Australia and New Guinea have borne the brunt of extinctions and invasive ...

A new study conducted by researchers in Flinders University, South Australia, found that mammals in Australia and New Guinea ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

The group that resurrected the dire wolf species is looking to reestablish a giant bird with the backing of legendary filmmaker Peter Jackson.

Thus, humans already drove to extinction many land-based large animal species in what has been dubbed the Late Quaternary extinction event as the most recent ice age came to a close.

Foundational work on the Late Quaternary extinction dynamics has demonstrated the interplay between climate change, anthropogenic pressures and inherent biological attributes in shaping megafaunal ...