Digging at Lightning Ridge
Science & EnvironmentEach year Australian Geographic sets out for Lightning Ridge to discover fossils and opals, or even fossilised opals.
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The ibis is helping us better understand how dinosaurs moved
NewsBy studying how our birds walk and run, scientists can better understand how dinosaurs moved around the earth.
Scientists may have discovered how dinosaurs evolved into birds
Science & EnvironmentHow did dinosaurs evolve beaks and become birds? Scientists think they have the answer.
Feathered dinosaur tail found in amber
AustroPalaeoThe discovery in Burma of the fluffy tail of a little dinosaur perfectly preserved in amber has stunned scientists.
VIDEO: On the trail of dinosaurs in Mongolia
AustroPalaeoIn September 2016 eight Australians and ten Mongolians set out into the remote Gobi Desert to hunt for dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs of Argentina
Travel with us17 days digging for dinosaurs in Argentina with the Australian Geographic editor.
Huge new dinosaur hints at when sauropods arrived Down Under
AustroPalaeoTwenty-tonne Savannasaurus from western Queensland brings the number of named Australian sauropods to five.
Northern lights dinosaur was savage predator
AustroPalaeoAn Australian palaeontologist has led the discovery of a new Velociraptor relative that lived within the Arctic Circle.
New dinosaur is Australia’s largest carnivore
AustroPalaeo‘Lightning Claw’, a new dinosaur from northern NSW, is the biggest, baddest meat-eater yet found Down Under.
VIDEO: Dinosaurs on the big screen
AustroPalaeoAre the dinosaurs on TV and in films such as Jurassic World accurate reconstructions or pale imitations? We look at the evidence.