Kangaroos have such a taste for leaves that they have evolved the ability to eat them on at least four separate occasions during their evolutionary history, a new fossil discovery reveals.
The eagle was similar in size to the wedge-tailed eagle and preyed upon koalas.
The deep-dive into giant penguins you didn’t know you needed.
The first week of the Australian Opal Centre and Australian Geographic fossil dig at Lightning Ridge has unearthed plenty of fossils and opals.
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.
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.
Lightning Ridge is a true treasure chest of dinosaur fossils.
Alien-like impressions of animals preserved in South Australia half a billion years ago will be given further protections by the State Government.
Each year Australian Geographic sets out for Lightning Ridge to discover fossils and opals, or even fossilised opals.
The newly discovered fossil of Brindabellaspis, a fish with a platypus-like snout, reveals that coral reefs have long been evolution hotspots.