Racing teams set off from Darwin, embarking on a 1,864-mile journey through the Australian outback in solar-powered cars as part of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. | Reuters

Queensland’s newest giant makes a splash! Move over land dinosaurs — the seas just revealed a showstopper! The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History has announced the discovery of Australia’s most complete ichthyosaur fossil — a 7.1m prehistoric marine predator that once ruled the Cretaceous seas. Found just 100km south of McKinlay by fossil enthusiast Cassandra Prince and her family, this incredible skeleton (likely Platypterygius australis) includes intact flippers, skull and v