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A curious longicorn beetle
A longicorn beetle makes a pit stop in campgrounds of the Pilbara
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Pilbara’s Karinji NP: Culture etched in stone
Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, Western Australia’s Pilbara region stretches from a coast harbouring ancient human art to an ochre-red inland cut by gorges and waterfalls.
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Gallery: The Pilbara landscape of stone-etched stories
Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, this remote part of WA is covered in stories carved in time. Read the full story in Australian Geographic magazine #120.
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Ancient landscapes: Karijini National Park, Pilbara
Karijini National Park is an ancient landscape replete with important Aboriginal rock art and unique flora and fauna
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Oldest signs of life probed in the Pilbara
Evidence of what might be the oldest bacteria on Earth could help us find life on other planets, experts say.
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Burrup Peninsula rock art among world’s oldest
Study confirms vast collection of Aboriginal engravings in the Pilbara may be tens of thousands of years old.
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Surprise DNA extracted from ancient poo
The oldest DNA extracted from an Australian environment has been lifted from the Pilbara, WA.
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New threat to world’s largest rock art collection
Pilbara Aboriginal art faces new industrial threats, even though it’s been found worthy of World Heritage listing.
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Moon mineral found in Western Australia
A rare mineral thought to exist only on the Moon’s surface has been discovered in WA’s Pilbara.
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Miniature frog discovered in the Pilbara
Scientists have discovered a new frog in the remote and sparsely-populated Pilbara region of WA.