Joshua Van Dyk will happily abseil into a pitch black cave, or squeeze through crevices no one has ever gone into before. "It feels comforting," he laughs, "I don't mind tight spots." Although ...
The fossil, hidden underground since the Ice age, has been brought to the surface in a precarious and meticulous mission ...
Scientists have unearthed the “incredible” fossil of an extinct kangaroo that walked, rather than hopped around southern ...
Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a fossil? On a two-year retrieval ...
Credit: Tim Carrafa/Rob French/Museums Victoria/Cover Images Scientists in Australia have managed to retrieve a near-complete skeleton of the extinct short-faced kangaroo. The Simosthenurus ...
Scientists at Museums Victoria have uncovered the remarkably intact skeleton of a young Simosthenurus occidentalis, commonly known as the short-faced kangaroo. This fossil, recovered from a cave ...
There's been some real-life Indiana Jones action happening deep underground in Victoria's far east, with rare findings unveiled this week. Researchers have just released the jaw-dropping details ...
The world of fossil collecting is much more DIY than you might think. Pitch black caves, weekend trips and volunteer spelunkers are 'critically important' for scientific research. Joshua Van Dyke will ...
Scientists have unearthed the "incredible" fossil of an extinct kangaroo that walked, rather than hopped around southern Australia 50,000 years ago. In a precarious operation, the nearly complete ...