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A recap of the top science stories in 2014, from Ebola's spread and a Facebook experiment that wasn't "liked" to the discovery of Richard III's remains and the world's largest dinosaur.

Browse: Oldest Dinosaur Embryos

by: Stephen Luntz

The world’s oldest dinosaur embryos have been found in southern China, providing insight into the developments of the largest creatures ever to roam the land.

Browse: A Dinosaur with a Cock’s Comb

by: Stephen Luntz

The first evidence of a fleshy crest on a dinosaur has been compared to the comb on modern birds such as roosters.

Browse: Huge Tooth Reveals Prehistoric Moby Dick in Melbourne

Browse: Oldest Fossils Prove that Life Thrived on Young Earth

Browse: Nullarbor’s Ancient Forests Uncovered

Browse: Turkey-Sized Dinosaur Found in Ancient Log-Jam

Browse: Fish Fossil May Reveal Origin of Human Teeth

Browse: Moa Diet Fits the Bill

Browse: Fossils Reveal Rat-Kangaroo’s Limits

Browse: Kangaroo-Sized Flying Turkey Once Roamed Australia

Browse: Researchers Uncover New Zealand’s First Fossils Preserved in Amber

Browse: Marsupial Lions Were Similar to Tassie Devil

Browse: Humans Survived in the Indonesian Rainforest 70,000 Years Ago

Browse: Buckingham Palace Built with Jurassic Microbes

Browse: Fossils Crash Bandicoot and Bilby Ages

An ancient bilby fossil discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage site in north-west Queensland has pushed back the date when these endangered marsupials first evolved.

Browse: Lilly Pilly Fossils Reveal Snowless Snowy Mountains

Browse: Australian Ceratosaur Discovered

by: Stephen Luntz

The ankle bone of an Australian ceratosaur has been found near San Remo on Victoria’s east coast, placing the major group of carnivorous dinosaurs on this continent for the first time.

Browse: Deep Diving Damaged Ichthyosaurian Bones

by: Stephen Luntz

Ichthyosaurians, the giant predators that dominated the oceans during the age of the dinosaurs, suffered for their long dives in search of food, according to pathologist A/Prof John Hayman of the University of Melbourne.

Browse: Ancient Fish Had Fab Abs

by: Stephen Luntz

The development of jaws and heavy body armour in the Devonian era led to muscles in unexpected places, a remarkable fossil reveals.

Browse: Ancient Koala Named after Philanthropist

by: Stephen Luntz

A newly discovered species of extinct koala has been named after businessman and philanthropist Dick Smith.

Browse: Final Megafauna Extinctions Not Climate-Related

by: Stephen Luntz

A study of Australia’s climate and vegetation over 135,000 years has cast doubt on the possibility that the last megafauna extinctions could have been climate-related, while confirming a 20-year-old prediction about the after-effects of the final wave of extinctions.

Browse: Oldest Fossils Were Merely Minerals

Browse: New ancestor of biggest bird ever discovered by Aussie palaeontologists

Browse: Models Predict Location of New Megafauna Fossils

Browse: Finding Frozen Fossils in Antarctica

by: John Long

Antarctica throws up some challenges to paleaontologists attempting to excavate and return fossils that may tell us if tetrapods first evolved in Gondwana.

Browse: Australia’s Giant Flightless Fowl’s Far-Flung Family

Browse: Platypus-Like Fish Fossil Found at Ancient Reef Site

Browse: A 150-million-year old piranha-like fish is first to eat flesh

Browse: New Wallaby-Sized Dinosaur Emerges from Gippsland

Browse: Shell-Crushers Perfected Feeding During the Cambrian

Feature: The Other Red Meat on the “Real” Palaeodiet by: Darren Curnoe Are we really willing to eat the authentic palaeodiet, even if it means taking up cannibalism?	Feature: Ancient Rainforests or Burning Bush? by: Ray Carpenter New fossil evidence is forcing a rethink of whether rainforest or fire-prone shrubland prevailed in Australia during the age of the dinosaurs.
Feature: Top 10 Science Stories of 2014 by: Australian Science Media Centre A recap of the top science stories in 2014, from Ebola's spread and a Facebook experiment that wasn't "liked" to the discovery of Richard III's remains and the world's largest dinosaur.	Browse: World’s Oldest Axe Fragment Found in the Outback
Browse: Devil’s Bigger Extinct Cousin Discovered	Fossil File: The Birth of Filter-Feeding Giants
Fossil File: Lessons from the Chinese Palaeontology Boom by: John Long Lack of funding and technical support ensures that many significant Australian fossil specimens will continue to gather dust.	Fossil File: So You Wanna Become a Palaeontologist, Kid? by: John Long Some career advice for young people to get a start in palaeontology.
Fossil File: Dinosaurs Should Rock Older Students Too by: John Long Primary schools use dinosaurs to teach how scientific disciplines overlap. Universities should too.	Browse: Dingoes Reached Australia More Recently Than Previously Thought