One of Australia’s most complete fossils to date has emerged from a labyrinth in regional Victoria.
Mega sharks and a bird with a six-metre wingspan graced our shoreline 5 million years ago,and urban explorers can still uncover traces of them at this bayside beach.
By analysing fossils from Chinese caves,Australian scientists have helped uncover one of palaeontology’s biggest mysteries.
The pale-white slab was locked away for a century. New analysis has redefined the history of the ocean and all the creatures that depend on it – including humans.
Nearly 30 years ago a retired farmer found a salamander-like prehistoric amphibian in a sandstone block. It hasn’t been formally identified – until now.
The man who rediscovered Victoria’s faunal emblem,the Leadbeater’s possum,60 years ago now fears he may live to see it go extinct for real.
That’s longer than the average bus,and enough to give other sauropods neck envy.
From massive to tiny and spanning millions of years,the dinosaurs from South America could also provide a clue to Australia’s ancient past.
A full skull of a “true” giant wombat has been discovered in central Queensland,giving clues to the regions 80,000-year-old history.
Walking the plains of their family home,the Rock Chicks are slowly uncovering Queensland’s ancient past,one fossil at a time.
A juvenile plesiosaur has been found in outback Queensland – the first in Australia with its head still attached.