Bouncing back from the dead

Palaeontologists from Flinders University have identified three species of giant kangaroos from Australia and New Guinea which lived from around 5 million to 40,000 years ago before they were wiped out by man.

The mysterious case of the sea scorpion

A fossil ‘cold case’ in Queensland Museum’s geosciences collection has led to the description of a new species of sea scorpion, and the first of its kind in the state.

A new lens on Australia’s prehistoric past

A team of Australian and international scientists are investigating an important new fossil site in New South Wales containing superb examples of fossilised animals and plants from the Miocene era.

Lilly Pilly fossils reveal snowless Snowy Mountains

Leaf fossils discovered high in Australia’s Snowy Mountains have revealed a past history of warmer rainforest vegetation and a lack of snow, in contrast with the alpine vegetation and winter snow-covered slopes of today.

3.4 billion year old WA fossils resemble modern bacteria

International scientists have shown that 3.4 billion year old tiny fossils from Western Australia’s Strelley Pool formation are chemically similar to modern bacteria.