Climate change is silencing the Pilbara barking gecko

New research from Monash University has provided the first comprehensive assessment of the Pilbara barking gecko ...

Human activity an 'imminent threat' to iconic outback sound: 'Gone within decades'

For generations, explorers venturing across Western Australia's Pilbara at night have been startled by a sharp, aggressive ...

Pilbara's North Pole Dome confirmed again to be world's oldest known asteroid crater

Researchers find a crater in WA's East Pilbara is 3 billion years old, but it has sparked debate in the scientific community.
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Rock found in WA's Pilbara could be the oldest recorded evidence of complex life on Earth

When a black rock glinting in the harsh light of Western Australia's outback caught Erica Barlow's eye, she had no idea its contents dated back more than two billion years. The University of New South ...
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Pilbara miners call on drivers not to dice with 35,000-tonne trains that take a kilometre to stop

The world's heaviest haulage railways are emblematic of the scale of iron ore mining in the Pilbara, but the sheer size and weight of the trains pose unique safety concerns. "The forces at play, just ...