Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...

In an exciting first, an Australian team of scientists identified a new species of freshwater fish that swam in nearby waters ...

An unusually well-preserved Australian fossil reveals details about the diet, behavior, and appearance of a ...

In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...

Scientists in Australia have made an exciting discovery—a 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish that not only provides clues about ancient life but also has preserved stomach contents and ...

Queensland is renowned for its fossils of Australia's largest back-boned animals—dinosaurs, of course, like the Jurassic Rhoetosaurus, the Cretaceous Wintonotitan, and other large sauropods.

Across the street from the Dinosaur Discovery Site museum, the dig crew has already begun to open a new fossil quarry. So far, they have discovered a fish fossil and several fossil tracks ...

A team of researchers plucked the fossils out of rocks inside Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system in the world. Mammoth Cave is a treasure trove for ancient fish fossils, with more than 70 ...

Some of the oldest mammoth fossils have been hidden in the permafrost for centuries. Today the permafrost is rapidly thawing as a result of climate change, and fossils are washing into the Adycha ...

The serendipitous discovery of exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of Australian fish around 15 million years ago when the area was a tropical lake.

Found at the Sima del Elefante site in the Atapuerca Mountains, the fossils make up a partial skull comprised of the left side of the face of an adult hominin. The mineralized bones are the ...

However, our new paper published in the journal National Science Review documents the smallest vertebrate fossil animal described so far from the state. It’s a highly enigmatic tiny “fish ...