Even after falling as much as 11 per cent from a record high near $US4381.52 per ounce to a five-week low close to $US3900 in October, gold is still up about 50 per ...

While driving near an old ghost town in rural Western Australia, gold prospector and lawyer Nathan Ridout came across an unusual sight on the roadside: a herd of ponies. "As I got closer I was looking ...

As a gold prospector, Nathan Ridout has driven his fair share of outback roads. He frequently sees wildlife along the long stretches of dusty roads, but a recent “strange” sighting quite literally ...

It’s billed as the best time to bag a pre-Christmas bargain – with Aussies expected to splash a record $6.8bn in the next few weeks. But not all business owners like Black Friday. Australians are ...

November’s snuck up again, bringing with it that magical mix of lazy evenings, snack runs, and endless streaming temptation. Between the festive flicks, fresh originals, and the shows everyone’s been ...

Greatland Resources Ltd (ASX: GGP) is among the Australian gold companies being sold off this week as the price of the precious metal takes a tumble. But if the Macquarie team are right, it might be ...

Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but they definitely collected fossils. A team of archaeologists examined the fossilized leg bone of an ...

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia. First, thanks for the article. I expected the island was discovered by homo sapiens quite a lot earlier than North America (whose ...

Helen Ryan works for the WA Musem. Julien Louys receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Kenny Travouillon works for the Western Australian Museum. Blake Dickson and Mike Archer do not ...