Fossils
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos were homebodies
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed.
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News
Polar dinosaur stomping ground discovered in Victoria
New research into ancient fossil tracks discovered near Melbourne last year proves that dinosaurs lived at the poles.
History & Culture
Gondwanaland: the search for a land before (human) time
The Gondwana supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, researchers are piecing it back together again.
Science & Environment
Searching for Aussie dinosaurs
Our understanding of where to find ancient life in Australia has been turned on its head by a new appreciation of the country’s geology. Now the world is looking to our vast outback as the latest hotspot to locate fossils.
Science & Environment
The chronicles of Naracoorte
A stunning prehistoric view of life in south-eastern Australia has been forever captured in these caves.
Nature & Wildlife
Is the ‘echidnapus’ the Rosetta Stone of early mammal evolution?
The chance discovery of a long-forgotten tray of fossils in the collections of the Australian Museum has highlighted a previously unknown “Age of Monotremes” that thrived while dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
News
Rock solid: 600 million years of Aussie fossils now in 3D at new virtual museum
The new Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology offers free access to 600 million years of digital Australian fossils, from enigmatic early lifeforms to gigantic extinct marsupials.
News
How did giant, tree-climbing ‘drop bears’ grow so BIG in Australia?
Although long dead, fossil skeletons provide an incredible window into the lifestyle and environment of a remarkable extinct animal.
News
Billabong of ancient life
Fossils found in a field on a farm in New South Wales are yielding a remarkable insight into life 15 million years ago in eastern Australia.
History & Culture
This giant kangaroo once roamed New Guinea – descended from an Australian ancestor that migrated millions of years ago
Long ago, almost up until the end of the last ice age, a peculiar giant kangaroo roamed the mountainous rainforests of New Guinea.