AustroPalaeo
Extinct no more: protecting the night parrot
The secret south-western Queensland site where night parrots were rediscovered may soon be preserved as a protected area.
The secret south-western Queensland site where night parrots were rediscovered may soon be preserved as a protected area.
99% of species that have ever lived are extinct. It’s a miracle the ancestors of our species made it through the ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions alive.
Dinosaur ‘lovers’ preserved together in the Gobi Desert are the best evidence yet of a fossilised mating pair.
How do you pick five pieces of classical music to complement a discussion that ranges from dinosaurs and birds to museums and astronomy?
A new Australian Geographic poster features the most accurate illustrations of Aussie dinosaurs ever created.
Known as kakarratul and itjaritjari to Aboriginal people, the marsupial mole of the dune deserts is a wonderful example of evolution in action.
South Australian museum study shows how birds were born.
A new herbivorous dinosaur from Siberia spreads feathers far and wide.
Changyuraptor had the longest feathers of any known dinosaur.
The discovery of a prehistoric, supersized, carnivorous platypus helps to fill in the family history of this unusual and iconic Aussie species.