One in a billion bones becomes a fossil — even fewer turn into opal. In a pocket of north-western New South Wales, two pioneering women are uncovering relics of our deep past. In a small room of a ...

But now, in an Australian first, the remains of an entire herd of 100 million year-old dinosaurs has been identified, together with a new species and the world’s most complete opalised dinosaur. The ...

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered after a “supremely rare” fragment of jawbone fossilised in glittering opal was found among a bucket of rejected shards from an opal mine in Australia. The ...

It may be a long way from where they live, but Lightning Ridge has become a home away from home for opal enthusiasts Graeme and Louella Gardiner.