Brain structure of Tasmanian tiger revealed
Scans of thylacine brains from museum collections hint at areas of cortex involved in complex predatory behaviour.
Scans of thylacine brains from museum collections hint at areas of cortex involved in complex predatory behaviour.
The NT’s Palm Valley was long thought to have been a surviving relict of Australia’s prehistoric rainforests, but we now know its trees arrived much more recently with Aboriginal horticulturalists.
The discovery in Myanmar of the fluffy tail of a little dinosaur perfectly preserved in amber has stunned scientists.
The opal fields of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia are spots to fossick for hard-won flecks of treasure and explore fascinating history.
In September 2016 eight Australians and ten Mongolians set out into the remote Gobi Desert to hunt for dinosaurs.
Aboriginal people were already living in Australia’s interior 49,000 years ago, according to an incredible series of new archaeological discoveries.
Digging for opalised fossils at Lightning Ridge offers a chance to be involved in real science and get a taste for the toils of an opal miner.
Twenty-tonne Savannasaurus from western Queensland brings the number of named Australian sauropods to five.
Enjoy an evening of thrilling dinosaur revelations with John Pickrell fossil enthusiast and editor of Australian Geographic.
With each passing year we learn more and more about Australia’s most formidable marsupial predator.