A strange fossil skull found in a cave in western Australia has helped scientists identify a completely unknown koala species ...

An extinct koala species has been discovered in Western Australia. Climate change 28,000 years ago erased its habitat.

For years, a slab of sandstone sat cemented into a retaining wall in a suburban Sydney garden, unremarkable to anyone walking ...

Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about ...

Fossils and DNA reveal how climate change is shrinking the habitat of an Australian lizard and threatening its future ...

(Reuters) - Long ago in the skies above the shallow Eromanga Sea, which once covered what is now arid inland Australia, soared a formidable pterosaur - flying reptile - boasting a bony crest at the ...

Groundbreaking research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has unveiled a landmark discovery – fossils of the world’s oldest known megaraptorid and the first evidence of ...

Until about 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was 2 meters tall and weighed up to 230 kilograms. Paleontologists first discovered these so ...

Amber is fossilised tree resin. Unlike traditional fossils found on land or in the sea, amber can preserve ancient life forms in incredible detail. It’s often considered the “holy grail” of ...