The wonder of Riversleigh should not be interpreted merely in terms of a catalogue of new species. In his book detailing the findings of expeditions to Riversleigh , palaeontologist Professor ...

"New Riversleigh is producing the remains of a bevy of strange new small to medium-sized creatures, with Whollydooleya tomnpatrichorum, the first one to be described," says Professor Archer.

My colleagues and I have discovered a new species of marsupial lion, Wakaleo schouteni, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwest Queensland. The species was the size of a Collie dog ...

Their fossils were unearthed in Riversleigh World Heritage Area. The study sheds more light on the ecology of the region millions of years ago, changing previously held ideas.

“The Riversleigh fossil deposits in remote northwestern Queensland have been the site of the discovery of many extraordinary prehistoric Australian animals, such as giant, toothed platypuses and ...

The fossils were unearthed in deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland. As well as being the oldest, B. timfaulkneri is the largest of the new species, weighing ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of lion, the size of a domestic cat, with powerful flesh-cutting teeth, which roamed the earth around 24 million years ago.

Skull fragments of prehistoric koalas from the Riversleigh rainforests of millions of year ago suggest they shared the modern koala's "lazy" lifestyle and ability to produce loud "bellowing" calls ...

Australia's Riversleigh World Heritage site — a limestone cave filled with countless skeletons, remains of poor creatures that plummeted in over the course of millions of years — is a who's ...

A fossil found in the Riversleigh World Heritage area near the border with the Northern Territory was originally thought to be part of a different genus of marsupial lions, but recent discoveries ...

Riversleigh was declared a World Heritage site in 1994. The image below shows Mike Archer, left, with students and colleagues moving a large limestone block that will be transported to Sydney.