The kinship of Thylacoleo is only half of the drop bear equation, though. The other has to do with its hunting habits. Back in 2010, paleontologist Roderick Wells and colleagues found that the ...

Despite the term ‘Drop Bear’ not being published before the early 1980s, there is, however, a tantalising trail of evidence that indicates the foundations for the myth may have been established at ...

If the Drop Bears had been formed just 20 years later, they might not have had to explain their name so often. In the age of the internet, the myth of the drop bear has only grown in popularity.

Koalas are cute and cuddly, right? You gorgeous, naive reader, don't know just how deeply wrong you are. The koala's vicious cousin, "drop bear" is totally a real thing and it will bite, kill and ...