University of Adelaide researchers discovered monotremes use a completely different sex determination system than other ...

Despite the utility of our fingernails, our ancient ancestors did not have them. Instead, they had claws. So, how did claws ...

Outback discovery rewrites understanding about ‘common ... This means its ancestors once had a range that extended over 3,000km across the ... Another small marsupial, the greater ...

In this episode, hosts Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive deep into the mysterious origins of all life on Earth—and the ...

“Fossils deposited in hot, dry and arid places, such as large parts of Australia, lose their collagen very early…. The major challenge [has been] discovering bones that contain [enough] collagen to ...

South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have ...

For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

For over a century, scientists have puzzled over a fundamental mystery in our evolutionary history: how did mammals go from ...

The maxilla analyzed in the study. Credit: J. Braga et al. These new fossils change the picture because they allow us to glimpse how very young humans grew two million years ago, revealing highly ...

Palorchestes azael was an unusual-looking marsupial that possessed a skull with highly retracted nasals and a long protrusible tongue, strong forelimbs, and enormous claws. If the early modern humans ...

Bad Boy for Life But Not a Koala – Diddy Roasts Courtroom Sketches of Himself Looking Like a Marsupial. Trent Fitzgerald. Trent Fitzgerald Published: June 6, 2025.