Attending the AG Society fossil dig against all odds
Despite her severe disability, Eleanor Beidatsch hopes to embark on an AGS expedition to the opal town of Lightning Ridge this August.
Despite her severe disability, Eleanor Beidatsch hopes to embark on an AGS expedition to the opal town of Lightning Ridge this August.
These photos were taken during the AGS 2015 Gobi desert expedition. Our 2016 expedition to the Gobi will take place in September. Sign up here.
Join the Australian Geographic Society on a thrilling adventure in Central Asia to hunt for fossils with the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
For centuries, the fossil remains of back-boned animals were studied primarily from their hardened bones. Now palaeontologists can study the softer side of these ancient creatures.
A tiny human species discovered in 2003 may have been extinct for much longer than previously thought.
An Australian palaeontologist has led the discovery of a new Velociraptor relative that lived within the Arctic Circle.
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A University of Queensland palaeontologist is part of an expedition about to head to remote James Ross Island to search for fossils.
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