New species revealed: Reanalysis of skulls and bones shows WA's extinct koala was distinct from modern eastern species. Ancient extinction clues: Dating suggests the species vanished 28,000 years ago ...

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Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual ...

Learn about a small rodent-like mammal whose descendants survived the extinction event that killed all non-avian dinosaurs.

In 2024, the Western Australian Museum received a donation. It was a koala skull collected from Moondyne Cave in Margaret ...

Ethiopian researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery that fundamentally challenges our understanding of human evolution by uncovering fossil evidence of a previously unknown species that ...

A joint research team has discovered a fossil belonging to a previously unknown genus and species of mammal in the Late Cretaceous (100–66 million-year-old) strata of Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The mouse ...

When dinosaurs roamed Earth, their surroundings looked very different than the world of today. But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly ...

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, discovered four new species, one of which has been named in honor of Brigida ...

New species found: Fossils from WA caves reveal an extinct koala species, Phascolarctos sulcomaxilliaris, with unique skull features unlike modern koalas. Ancient extinction: Dating suggests the ...

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