Science & Environment
Postcards from Lightning Ridge
The first week of the Australian Opal Centre and Australian Geographic fossil dig at Lightning Ridge has unearthed plenty of fossils and opals.
Tag: fossils
News
Rare local amber findings offer insight into ancient terrestrial ecosystems
A new report detailing rare amber findings in Australia and New Zealand is shedding light on the ecology and evolution of polar and subpolar terrestrial ecosystems.
Science & Environment
Fossil of giant sea creature discovered in South Australia
At up to 30cm long and armed with spines for crushing and shredding food, we’ve identified a previously unknown creature that would have been a giant among its neighbours in the waters off modern-day South Australia.
News
Opalised dinosaur fossil found at Lightning Ridge a new species
Lightning Ridge is a true treasure chest of dinosaur fossils.
News
Ediacara Conservation Park to be expanded
Alien-like impressions of animals preserved in South Australia half a billion years ago will be given further protections by the State Government.
Science & Environment
Digging at Lightning Ridge
Each year Australian Geographic sets out for Lightning Ridge to discover fossils and opals, or even fossilised opals.
News
Scientists have discovered a fossil fish with a platypus-like snout
The newly discovered fossil of Brindabellaspis, a fish with a platypus-like snout, reveals that coral reefs have long been evolution hotspots.
News
Australia’s ancient snakes were swimmers and underground dwellers
Meet two of Australia’s ancient snakes, Yurlunggur and Wonambi.
Wildlife
Tracking the evolutionary history of our once carnivorous bilbies and bandicoots
Kenny Travouillon, the curator of mammology at the Western Australian Museum, has been studying the ancient ancestry of bilbies and bandicoots for ten years. Through the rigorous analysis of extensive fossil records from Museums all across Australia, he’s grown more wary of the future of these iconic Aussie animals.