"Central Australia was occupied by an inland sea ... pinks and greens — and in rare cases, form precious opalised fossil. "You've got this ridiculously, unexpected and rare situation," Jenni ...

The chance discovery of a long-forgotten tray of fossils in the collections of the Australian Museum has highlighted a previously unknown “Age of Monotremes” that thrived while dinosaurs ruled the ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Lightning Ridge has the greatest number and diversity of opalised fossils in Australia. It is one of the most productive and scientifically significant fossil sites in the country, and the only major ...

Scientists at Queensland Museum have uncovered a 400-million-year-old vertebrate fossil, which could be ... from Early Devonian rocks in Australia sheds new light on this ancient genus.