Scientists in Australia have unearthed beautifully preserved fossilized hearts and other internal organs of ancient armored fish in a discovery that provides insight into the evolution of the bodies ...

Australian rock art, rich in symbolism and storytelling, isn’t just a beautiful glimpse into the indigenous culture of the past. It also serves as a prehistoric map, tracing the paths of ancient ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in ...

Researchers have found evidence of a previously unknown branch of the marsupial family tree, a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how Australia's unique mammals evolved. Published in ...

Koalas are endangered in much of Australia now but in in the past there were multiple species living across the continent. The discovery of an ancient relative of the koala helps fill a 30 million ...

The Australian continent comprises several ancient cratonic blocks—the West, North and South Australian cratons—that record Earth’s earliest crustal growth and subsequent tectonic reworking. These ...

Eastern Australia preserves a mosaic of orogenic belts that record successive phases of subduction, terrane accretion and collision along the eastern margin of Gondwana. Initial convergence in the ...