Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

(Reuters) -Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ago are rewriting the history of the evolution of land ...

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For decades, the fossils found in the Pilbara region of Western Australia were the subject of heated debate. Were they truly evidence of life, or just odd rock formations? Now, scientists have ...

For most of the human history of Australia, sea levels were much lower than they are today, and there was extra dry land where people lived. Archaeologists could only speculate about how people used ...

A buried cave in Australia's Northern Territory has changed the story of Australia's first people. Archaeologists uncovered tools, pigments, and food remnants dating back more than 20,000 years, deep ...

'Until now, there’s been no record of koalas ever being in the Northern Territory; now there are three different species from a single fossil site.' By Laura Baisas Published Sep 8, 2023 11:00 AM EDT ...

Researchers examining large vertebrae discovered near Darwin identified the creature as the earliest known mega-predator in the lineage of modern sharks, living some 15 million years earlier than ...

More than 395,000 acres from four of Australia's national parks was returned to the Aboriginal Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in a "historic" agreement, officials announced Wednesday. Among the land is ...

The Pilbara region of Western Australia offers stunningly strange vistas of volcanic rock and granite domes that feel reminiscent of an ancient world — and for a good reason. These arid mineral-rich ...