Around 250 million years ago, what is today scorching desert in remote northwestern Australia was the shore of a shallow bay bordering a vast prehistoric ocean. Fossils recovered from this region over ...

Paleontologists have made an exciting discovery with the uncovering of a 15-million-year-old fish fossil in the Australian desert. This extraordinary specimen, found in the renowned McGraths Flat ...

The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons ...

Jeffrey Stilwell is an Associate Professor (Adj.) at Monash University and a Research Associate at the Australian Museum. Funding for the amber research has come from Monash University, Australian ...

Specimens of what appear to be the largest eurypterid species found in Australia could shed light on the sudden extinction of the massive arthropods. By Rebecca Dzombak Most modern scorpions would fit ...

Jake Kotevski receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Stipend and Monash University - Museums Victoria scholarship. Stephen Poropat received funding from the Winston Churchill ...

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

Calling all fossil hunters: the Australian outback awaits! Join this extraordinary adventure through the heart of Australia’s fossil frontier. Once a shallow inland sea millions of years ago, eastern ...