Giant kangaroo victim of climate change

By Robyn Wuth
Updated May 18 2020 - 12:16pm, first published 12:11pm
Extreme environmental change was the most likely cause of the extinction of megafauna, a study says.
Extreme environmental change was the most likely cause of the extinction of megafauna, a study says.

Giant kangaroos and enormous crocodiles that lived 40,000 years ago in tropical northern Australia died out because of climate change, a study has found.

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