Spriggina Floundersi Statue Unveiled
South Australia’s fossil emblem has been celebrated with the unveiling of a statue of the…
ediacaraOctober 6, 2020
Scientists keep naming discoveries after Obama. This time it’s a 550 million-year-old fossil
Recent actions by the Trump administration — a wave of unprecedentedly large family separations at…
ediacaraJuly 4, 2020
Fish Fingers and Bilateral Symmetry
A tiny 555-million year old worm the size of a grain of rice discovered in…
ediacaraMay 22, 2020
Ediacara Conservation Park expanded to protect ancient Flinders Ranges fossils
An internationally significant fossil site in the Flinders Ranges, believed to contain the earliest evidence…
ediacaraMarch 28, 2020
Ancient, Pancake-Shaped Marine Animals Were on the Move
About 550 million years ago, animals were relegated to the seas. Microbes and larger multicellular…
ediacaraSeptember 1, 2019
Saving the Fossils of Some of the Weirdest, Most Ancient Creatures
Nilpena's prized fossils lie exposed on the gentle slopes of Mt Michael: the weird forms…
ediacaraMarch 28, 2019
600 Million Years Ago, the First Scavengers Lurked in Dark Ocean Gardens
As the Earth shook off massive shrouds of glacial ice 600 million years ago, an…
ediacaraNovember 10, 2018
Ediacara fossils named after Barack Obama and Sir David Attenborough
Two new fossils from the Flinders Ranges have been named after famous faces widely known…
ediacaraJuly 4, 2018
Flinders Ranges fossils documented for World Heritage listing bid
Palaeontologists are working under the outback sun to document fossils in the Flinders Ranges, as…
ediacaraFebruary 13, 2018
Ross Fargher wins international amateur palaeontology award
Fourth generation Flinders Ranges pastoralist Ross Fargher has been recognised for his commitment to the…
ediacaraNovember 22, 2017
