Old bones come to life in 3D

For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia’s unique wildlife – from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct – are available […]

Bite-size clue to a lost marsupial

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert – and Flinders University […]

Clever way to study bird brains

It’s difficult to know what birds ‘think’ when they fly, but scientists in Australia and Canada are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds’ […]

Varied diet helped kangaroo survival

Prehistoric kangaroos in southern Australia had a more general diet than previously assumed, giving rise to new ideas about their survival and resilience to climate change, […]

Fossil lion makes a roaring comeback

A new model of Thylacoleo, Australia’s once-fearsome carnivorous marsupial lion, will be on show at the Victoria Cave visitor complex at the World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves. […]

New fossil fish on plate tectonics map

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction – and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, ‘groundbreaking’ new fossil […]

Student steps back 70,000 years

A field excursion to the Wellington Caves in outback NSW was part of a step-back-in-time experience for Investigator College Year 11 student William Soper. As recipient […]