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A meat-eating dinosaur, known as a ceratosaur, lived in Australia some 125 million years ago
A new discovery suggests Australia had the same large predators such as tyrannosaurs as the rest of the world
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Australia Coconut Octopus
Australia Coconut Octopus
Australia Coconut Octopus

Australia had 'globe-trotting' dinosaurs: study

Scientists said Monday a new fossil discovery suggested Australia's dinosaurs were cosmopolitan globe-trotters, unlike the "unique weirdos" of its current wildlife.
 

New dolphin species discovered in Australia

Researchers in Australia have discovered that dolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a species unlike any other in the world, they revealed on Thursday.
 

Argonaut mystery solved, says scientist

Scientists said Wednesday they had cracked the mystery of the paper nautilus, the brittle and translucent shell belonging to rarely-seen species of open-water octopuses called argonauts.
 

T.Rex stalked Australia, albeit a mini-me version

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia scientists have found evidence that Tyrannosaur dinosaurs stalked southern hemisphere continents, with the discovery of a hip bone fossil of a small T.Rex in the south of the country.
 

First tyrannosaur fossil from Southern Hemisphere

Fossil of T. rex ancestor found in Australia, first such find in Southern Hemisphere. A foot-long piece of bone unearthed in Australia is the first evidence that ancestors of the mighty T. rex once lived in the Southern Hemisphere.
 
Aussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus

Aussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus

Australian scientists find octopus that collects, carries and assembles coconuts for shelter. Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter ? unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.
 

Coconut-carrying octopus stuns scientists

Australian scientists on Tuesday revealed the eight-tentacled species can carry coconut shells to use as armour -- the first case of an invertebrate using tools.
 

Coconut-carrying octopus stuns scientists

Australian scientists on Tuesday revealed the eight-tentacled species can carry coconut shells to use as armour -- the first case of an invertebrate using tools.
 

Coconut-carrying octopus stuns scientists

Australian scientists on Tuesday revealed the eight-tentacled species can carry coconut shells to use as armour -- the first case of an invertebrate using tools.
 

Coconut-carrying octopus stuns scientists

The octopus may be smarter than you think: Australian scientists Tuesday revealed the eight-tentacled species can carry coconut shells to use as armour -- the first case of an invertebrate using tools.
 

Australia discovers 3 new large dinosaurs

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fossils of three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia, including a meat-eater larger than Velociraptor from the Jurassic Park movies, suggesting Australia may have a more complex prehistoric past.
 

Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found

I'll be back! Australovenator - biggest carnivore found in Australia - roamed 98M years ago. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
 

Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found

I'll be back! Australovenator _ biggest carnivore found in Australia _ roamed 98M years ago. Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
 

Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find

Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.
 

Three new dinosaur species found in Australia

Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong.