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Secrets and fires: saving our 'dinosaur' trees
Shhhhh. How specialist remote-area fire crews saved the ancient Wollemi pines.
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Australia’s ancient snakes were swimmers and underground dwellers
Meet two of Australia’s ancient snakes, Yurlunggur and Wonambi.
Wildlife
Fossils of giant New Zealand penguin discovered
The emperor penguin is an impressive bird – but it would have been relatively small in comparison with some of the giant penguins that lived in the distant past.
History & Culture
When did Australia’s human history begin?
In July, a new date was published that pushed the opening chapters of Australian history back to 65,000 years ago. It is the latest development in a time revolution that has gripped the nation over the past half century.
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New study reveals evolutionary history of Australia’s gigantic ancient bird
A flightless, plant-eating bird, mihirungs weighed 250kg and lived in the late Oligocene to the early Miocene, about 33 to 20 million years ago.
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A kangaroo-sized flying Turkey once roamed Australia
The species of bush-turkey was equal in height to a grey kangaroo and weighed about 8 kg, making the specimen four times the size of the modern malleefowl.
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Oldest evidence of life on land discovered in Western Australia
Fossils discovered in the Pilbara, Western Australia, have thrown life on land back half a billion years – and offer scientists new clues on where to look for life on Mars.
Wildlife
Young at heart
Most of us know about Australia’s ancient geology – but many of her landscapes are very fresh and new.
Science & Environment
Discovering the Hobbit of Flores, Indonesia
Professor Richard Roberts talks about Homo floresiensis (or the Hobbit) found in 2003 in Indonesia.