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An extinct Australian animal can once again be seen bounding across a paddock after rare 16mm film was digitised by 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 ...
Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild ...
Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...
"The recording highlights that there is still much to learn about the animals and plants that live in (New South Wales)." ...
All Protemnodon species went extinct on mainland Australia 40,000 years ago, and the reason isn't clear, especially because many species differed in size, habitat and other markers. Researchers ...
Australia’s only hibernating marsupial is one of the snow country’s most adorable animals, but for many years it was believed to be lost forever. Previously only known from fossil records, the ...
Recently digitised video of the now-extinct Toolache wallaby has emerged after ... This effort isn’t only about preserving one species but also about protecting Australia’s wider natural and cultural ...
Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...
Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can ...
Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788. What's next? Up to 148 species are expected to go extinct in 2024.
An extinct Australian animal can once again be seen bounding across a paddock after rare 16mm film was digitised by the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) this week.