Tooth fossils from NSW have confirmed sauropods weren’t exclusive to Queensland. They’re also providing a first look at how these colossal dinosaurs fed from Australia’s land.
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Fossils reveal that dinosaurs’ flying cousins become twice as efficient at flying over 150 million years.
New study used X-rays of the teeth of early mammals’ to show they were more like cold blooded reptiles.
Several theories have suggested either humans, climate change or both drove megafauna extinctions in Southeast Asia. Our newest work suggests otherwise.
Microfossils offer up an array of information to scientists, like the time periods in which they lived and how environments have changed.
You can gauge a dinosaur’s body mass either by reconstructing it as accurately as possible, or by scaling its leg bones against those of today’s animals. Research shows both methods work well together.
New research show how crinoids could live for so long on floating wood without it breaking up.
When the dinosaurs went extinct, some species took over the world. Adaptability, not survivability, explains why.
How we identified a new ancestor of the likes of Diplodocus from old bones.
The extinct Mukupirna - which translates to ‘big bones’ - is estimated to have been more than four times larger than any living wombat.
Photos from Queensland coal mines helped researchers discover a missing top predator in the ancient Australian food chain.
We found footprints that measure around 24 centimetres long. We suspect they came from animals with legs the same height as humans.
New research on the Late Devonian extinction suggests the ozone layer could be naturally depleted as the temperature rises.
These megafauna were the largest land animals to live in Australia since the time of the dinosaurs.
This ancient cat-sized animal lived millions of years ago and had features not found in any of today’s mammals.
During the transitional period between the Pleistocene and Holocene epoch, the Earth’s temperature underwent massive change, forcing prehistoric humans in Indonesia to change their diet.
Researchers realised a dull-looking 13,000-year-old weevil was actually covered in brilliant green, blue and yellow nanoscopic crystals.
New research suggests African monkeys crossed the ocean to South America earlier than previously thought.
The findings suggest that this specimen could climb and move in trees. But it may also have been able to walk on the ground. This echoes previous studies.
The fossil includes the tiny creature’s original bone and flesh.
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Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol
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