At 22,Eric discovered an ‘extinct’ possum. It lived in his pocket

At 22,Eric discovered an ‘extinct’ possum. It lived in his pocket

The man who rediscovered Victoria’s faunal emblem,the Leadbeater’s possum,60 years ago now fears he may live to see it go extinct for real.

  • bySherryn Groch

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It’s not a stretch:This dinosaur had a 15-metre-long neck

It’s not a stretch:This dinosaur had a 15-metre-long neck

That’s longer than the average bus,and enough to give other sauropods neck envy.

  • byJack Tamisiea
Qld exhibition features largest-ever dinosaur,a cousin to Aus heavyweight

Qld exhibition features largest-ever dinosaur,a cousin to Aus heavyweight

From massive to tiny and spanning millions of years,the dinosaurs from South America could also provide a clue to Australia’s ancient past.

  • byStuart Layt
Why discovering a ‘true’ giant wombat fossil in Qld is a big deal

Why discovering a ‘true’ giant wombat fossil in Qld is a big deal

A full skull of a “true” giant wombat has been discovered in central Queensland,giving clues to the regions 80,000-year-old history.

  • byStuart Layt
Plesiosaur,can we have some more ’saur? How the Rock Chicks find fossils

Plesiosaur,can we have some more ’saur? How the Rock Chicks find fossils

Walking the plains of their family home,the Rock Chicks are slowly uncovering Queensland’s ancient past,one fossil at a time.

  • byStuart Layt
Queensland plesiosaur fossil managed to keep its head screwed on

Queensland plesiosaur fossil managed to keep its head screwed on

A juvenile plesiosaur has been found in outback Queensland – the first in Australia with its head still attached.

  • byStuart Layt
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Qld icon takes on heavyweight in title fight,but only one emerges as State Fossil

Qld icon takes on heavyweight in title fight,but only one emerges as State Fossil

In a David and Goliath battle of the ages,a prehistoric Queensland icon has defeated a heavyweight contender to be named State Fossil.

  • byStuart Layt
They found its legs. Now the search for the rest of the thunderbird ... is go!

They found its legs. Now the search for the rest of the thunderbird ... is go!

The fully articulated leg bones of a 600-kilogram ancient Australian bird have been unearthed in the outback,and experts now want to go back for the rest of it.

  • byStuart Layt
Diner accidentally discovers dinosaur footprints at Chinese restaurant

Diner accidentally discovers dinosaur footprints at Chinese restaurant

A diner sitting in the outdoor courtyard of a small restaurant in China’s Sichuan province happened to look down at the ground and spot something unusual.

  • byDave Kindy
Scientists sink teeth into dino diet research after rare fossil find

Scientists sink teeth into dino diet research after rare fossil find

The first teeth from sauropods found in Queensland promise to unlock secrets of how these animals behaved millions of years ago.

  • byStuart Layt
Professor’s pandemic project rewrites origin of mysterious monotremes

Professor’s pandemic project rewrites origin of mysterious monotremes

Some people baked bread or wrote during the pandemic lockdown. Scientist Tim Flannery cleared up the origins of some of Australia’s most iconic species.

  • byStuart Layt