World’s toughest animal frozen for 24,000 years,can still reproduce

World’s toughest animal frozen for 24,000 years,can still reproduce

Bdelloid rotifers may be the toughest,tiniest animal you’ve never heard of,but scientists say they can survive anything.

  • byMarion Renault

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Scientists discover a new rock-hard mineral in a mollusc’s tiny teeth

Scientists discover a new rock-hard mineral in a mollusc’s tiny teeth

The rare,iron-based mineral previously had been found only in actual rocks.

  • byEmily Anthes
Neanderthals weren’t cannibals but were eaten by giant hyenas

Neanderthals weren’t cannibals but were eaten by giant hyenas

The discovery of a prehistoric human skull in a cave in Italy has disproved macabre theories that Neanderthals indulged in ritual cannibalism – instead pointing to the prospect that they were eaten by giant hyenas.

  • byNick Squires
Some pig:oldest rock art found to date points to more discoveries

Some pig:oldest rock art found to date points to more discoveries

Cave art discovered in Indonesia has been dated as the oldest yet discovered,and could point the way to even older discoveries.

  • byStuart Layt
Australian DNA detectives reveal secrets of Game of Thrones wolves

Australian DNA detectives reveal secrets of Game of Thrones wolves

For the giant,aloof dire wolves,the real threat to their existence can be summed up by the phrase"Summer is coming",according to new research published in Nature magazine.

  • byWendy John
'Extremely enigmatic':Melbourne Museum snaps up world-leading triceratops fossil

'Extremely enigmatic':Melbourne Museum snaps up world-leading triceratops fossil

The near-complete fossil of a 67 million-year-old adult triceratops will arrive in Melbourne in late 2021 after the museum won a multimillion-dollar battle to secure it.

  • byLiam Mannix
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In a Tibetan cave,Australian archaeologists find evidence of a mysterious ancestor

In a Tibetan cave,Australian archaeologists find evidence of a mysterious ancestor

High on the Tibetan Plateau,researchers unearthed a cache of stone tools,animal bones and DNA from the Denisovans,who lived across Asia between 45,000 and 400,000 years ago.

  • byLiam Mannix
Monster swallows monster:megapredation proof in fossil's stomach

Monster swallows monster:megapredation proof in fossil's stomach

The dolphin-like marine reptile literally may have bitten off more than it could chew.

  • byWill Dunham
Indiana Bones,the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil'jigsaw puzzle'that wowed the world

Indiana Bones,the Melbourne archaeology students and the fossil'jigsaw puzzle'that wowed the world

After painstakingly gluing together more than 100 fossil fragments,Angeline Leece and Jesse Martin stood back and gazed in awe. What they saw would rewrite humanity's family tree.

  • byJane Cadzow
Call of the wild:listen up,people,time is running out

Call of the wild:listen up,people,time is running out

Humanity's once-in-a-lifetime chance to save the planet.

  • byDavid Leser
Big Bang missing matter finally found in WA breakthrough needed to better map our universe

Big Bang missing matter finally found in WA breakthrough needed to better map our universe

After almost 30 years of searching the universe,astronomers using WA’s state-of-the-art telescope have finally solved the mystery of “missing matter” tracing back to the Big Bang.

  • byAja Styles