Meet Thylacoleo, the marsupial lion of ancient Australia - a predator unlike anything alive today. With powerful jaws, slicing teeth, and a gripping thumb claw, this extinct carnivore was one of ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full skeleton of the predatory, prehistoric animal known as the “marsupial lion” which roamed Australia thousands of years ago.

Here’s how it works. The marsupial lion — a giant carnivore that hunted in Australia tens of thousands of years ago — has long mystified scientists. But the recent discovery of more of its ...

but Australia’s marsupial lions got their feline nickname from the size and slicing teeth of the first species named, in 1859. Thylacoleo carnifex was about as big as a lion. And its formidable ...

Researchers in Australia have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ancient marsupial which roamed ... a cross between a wombat and a marsupial lion, the beast - named Mukupirna fortidentata ...

But accompanying the 125-metre-long dragon are 300 lion dancers from across the country, covered by bamboo and material, performing an ancient Chinese ... only seen in Australia for Chinese ...