3+ hour, 49+ min ago   (361+ words) Colourful illustrations by Peter Trusler depict 500m-year-old fossils of creatures from the Palaeozoic and inspire Australia Post Prehistoric fossils from Kangaroo Island have been transformed into vibrant creatures of the deep for a series of artworks, which in turn have…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago   (529+ words) Researchers say artificial intelligence system matches human expert classification about 90% of the time Experts have created an app that uses artificial intelligence to identify dinosaurs from the footprints left behind after they stomped across the land tens of millions of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (711+ words) Research for first time suggests tendon and bones in heavier species would have made bounding possible Giant 250kg kangaroos that once roamed Australia would probably have been able to hop despite their enormous size, researchers have said. While modern kangaroos are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (903+ words) Described by one researcher as looking "already dead, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet It looks more like a worn sock than a fearsome predator. It moves slower than an escalator. By most…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) Our passion for these cute-looking salamanders means they are everywhere " except in the wild, where the species is under increasing threat The animal's name " which comes from the Aztec god Xolotl " provides greetings card designers with infinite puns. Love you…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (446+ words) Decoded genome of meat in pup's stomach helps scientists build picture of what caused extinction of species Researchers have shed light on the final centuries of the woolly rhinoceros after studying a hairy lump of meat from the stomach of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (493+ words) Scientists argue ape-like Sahelanthropus tchadensis that lived in Africa 7m years ago is best contender but more fossils are needed In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1018+ words) Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution " and all only a short day trip from Melbourne Between the cliffs and the sea at Jan Juc, on Victoria's Surf Coast, researchers scour the shore…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (518+ words) Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world's most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (243+ words) Study on skull of Altamura Man could be blow to adaptation theories about Neanderthals and their extinction One sign of a really cold day is the sharp sting of freezing air in your nose. It was believed that the noses…...