Palaeontology

The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of Australian fish around 15 million years ago when the area was a tropical lake.

Bone fragments discovered in Spanish cave are putting a face to the earliest ancient humans to arrive in Western Europe, more than a million years ago.

The Munro Karst system in South Australia's south-east could be 2 million years old and may contain rare fossils.

A 13-million-year-old species of turtle has been discovered after its fossil sat in a display case at an NT museum for decades. An expert says there could be countless more undiscovered animal fossils in their collection.

Researchers say the 166-million-year-old fossilised footprints could be one of the world's biggest dinosaur track sites.

A complete replica skeleton of Australia's largest mammalian predator can now be seen pouncing at tourists visiting South Australia's World Heritage-listed Naracoorte Caves.

The giant stegosaurus fossil, dubbed "Apex", is 3.3 metres tall and 8.2 metres nose to tail and is one of the most complete fossils of this type of dinosaur in existence.

Newly discovered fossil footprints indicate two different ancient human relatives walked upright around a muddy lake in Kenya.

Using hundreds of samples of fossilised faeces, vomit and intestinal contents, alongside bones and footprints, researchers traced the rise of the dinosaurs over millions of years.

Is your shark knowledge a bit … fishy? Let's find out how well you know these impressive ocean predators.

Researchers have discovered the oldest-known tadpole reported to date, a fossil from 161 million years ago found in Argentina. The discovery sheds light on the evolution of frogs and toads.

Ask any Brisbane child of the 1990s and earlier what their memories of the Queensland Museum are and they might start talking about this giant lizard. 

The "fragmentary skeleton" found in north-western Venezuela showed deep bite marks around the snout.

When a UK palaeontologist examined rocks collected from rural west England in the 1990s, he found something unexpected: a tiny fossil with a perfectly preserved penis. 

Palaeontologists working near Alice Springs uncover for the first time a set of articulated bones and partial skeleton of Ilbandornis woodburnei, a massive bird that once roamed an evolving continent 8 million years ago.

About 150 million years after its death, the stegosaurus nicknamed Apex has been sold to a private buyer.

An incredibly well-preserved woolly mammoth specimen that died 52,000 years ago in Siberia has now had its chromosome structure reassembled for the first time.

A 2.4-billion-year old microfossil found in the Pilbara's Hamersley Ranges could be a missing link in the evolution from simple to complex life, according to researchers.

Scientists were taught that they would never find fossils in volcanic rock but a recent discovery shows the complete opposite.

Palaeontologists have used CT scanners to recreate a trilobite preserved in volcanic ash