Australia has all sorts of amazing animals ... Back in 1905, ornithologist Charles Walter de Vis described a bird fossil as an eagle, naming it Taphaetus lacertosus (powerful grave eagle).

this species is the largest known eagle to have lived in Australia, and one of the largest continental raptors in the world. Only two larger eagles ever existed anywhere: Gigantohierax suarezi ...

A bird of prey that flew over South Australia's Flinders Ranges 60,000 years ago was Australia's biggest eagle, researchers have confirmed. The "humungous" bird was almost as large as the biggest ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...