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Goblin sharks off Sydney: The young scientist unveiling creatures of the deep
6+ hour ago (1001+ words) From which monster-stalked corner of a pirate's map did this beast hail? "Just off the coast of Sydney, actually!" Tea says brightly, and lets the black-eyed leviathan slide back below the greeny depths. We're in one of the Australian Museum's…...
Family uncovers 20 million-year-old fossil on beach
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (21+ words) Excitement is building on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula after a family uncovered a 20-million-year-old whale fossil at the beach....
Wombats leave square poo on rocks and logs. Scientists think they know why
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) When Kate McMahon was finishing her science degree she found herself with the odd task of moving wombat poo around, to see how the animals would react. "I'd catch up with my friends and they'd ask, "what were you up…...
How an ancient civilisation survived 1000 years of climate change
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (823+ words) The valley, largely located in modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, hosted one of the most advanced societies at the time, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. And then " with little signs of fighting or power struggles " it mysteriously disappeared. "The…...
How pink octopus DNA helped scientists predict a global catastrophe
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1115+ words) It's a question that for decades has rippled through Antarctic research conferences like the creaks and grumbles of a melting glacier: when did the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last collapse? If this colossal chunk of Antarctica breaks apart, sea levels…...
'Dolphin dinosaur' fossil found in outback Queensland
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (19+ words) The most complete fossil of an ichthyosaur ever found in Australia will soon be shown in an outback museum....
Project to resurrect extinct giant moa
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (13+ words) A new collaboration aims to resurrect the extinct giant moa of New Zealand....
Ancient tracks rewrite reptile origins
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (36+ words) A fossil of amniote tracks found in Victoria's High Country is forcing scientists to recalibrate the timeline of tetrapod evolution. These ancient footprints shed new light on when our land-conquering ancestors really first appeared....
Company claims to bring dire wolves back to life
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (27+ words) Three genetically engineered wolves bread using DNA from extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US. Video: Colossal Biosciences...
'De-extinct' - Dire wolves brought back to life
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (24+ words) Three genetically engineered wolves bread using DNA from extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US....