Research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has unveiled a landmark discovery—fossils of the world's oldest known megaraptorid and the first evidence of carcharodontosaurs ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and South American frogs parted ways on the evolutionary tree.

The Australian arachnid is estimated to be five times the size of the modern-day trapdoor spider and is between 11 and 16 million years old.

For as long as paleontologists have been looking, dinosaur fossils were extraordinarily rare in Australia, and the continent was a missing piece in scientists’ understanding of dinosaurs globally.

At the new Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology, we offer free access to 600 million years of digital Australian fossils, from enigmatic early lifeforms to gigantic extinct marsupials.

Paleontologists unearthed a first of its kind fossil from 100 million years ago, the Queensland Museum said. Screengrab from the Queensland Museum Network's YouTube video. An extremely rare ...

Palaeontologists who visited a remote property to investigate reports of a large fossil have confirmed a discovery dating back 100 million years.

The WA Museum has discovered the fossil bone of a ‘fish lizard’ dating back between 94 and 97 million years.

Australian Museum's Dr Patrick Smith and the Flewellings at the site where a rare fish lizard fossil was discovered in October 2016. (Supplied: Dr Patrick Smith) ...

Australian paleontologists said on Wednesday they have discovered the complete skeleton of an ancient large, long-necked marine reptile in the Queensland desert that is about 100 million years old.

Paleontologists unearthed a first of its kind fossil from 100 million years ago, the Queensland Museum said. Screengrab from the Queensland Museum Network's YouTube video.

Paleontologists unearthed a first of its kind fossil from 100 million years ago, the Queensland Museum said. Screengrab from the Queensland Museum Network's YouTube video. An extremely rare ...