Paleozoology

New studies aim to explain lesions on Tyrannosaurs Rex jawbones. Based on the evidence, the lesions appear to be characteristic of a disease plaguing modern birds.

Dec 9, 2009 - Kristina Bjoran

Earlier this year, scientists discovered a prehistoric snake skeleton that puts even the most extreme horror movie monsters to shame.

Nov 9, 2009 - Kristina Bjoran

30 million-year old fossils of monotremes, previously believed to be a Cretaceous platypus, have been shown to be closely related to present day ground-dwelling echidnas

Oct 7, 2009 - Sue Cartledge

A giant eagle, dating from the Pliocene era and preying on huge flightless birds, existed on New Zealand until modern times, becoming extinct only about 500 years ago

Sep 30, 2009 - Sue Cartledge

In 1969, a young paeleontologist, Dr Rod Wells, and his team broke through into a new section of the Victoria Cave at Naracoorte. What he found there changed his life.

Jun 17, 2009 - Ann Burnett

Scientists hope that the remains of an intact baby mammoth will help them to determine what caused the mammoths' extinction 10,000 years ago.

May 13, 2009 - Holly Beth Anderle

Mammoths, extinct relatives of elephants, fascinate mankind from beyond the grave. They originated in Africa like humans and spread over the Northern Hemisphere.

Mar 18, 2009 - Rachael Shoemaker

Annual rings that tell stories are not peculiar to trees. The rings in the tusks of extinct mammoths allow information about their lives as well.

Feb 12, 2009 - Thomas Wyatt