Scientists have uncovered 16-million-year-old fish fossils in New South Wales, revealing remarkable details about ancient ecosystems and the species' final days.

Researchers were able to examine the fish in great detail using a powerful microscope. See what they discovered.

"Fish like trouts, huchens and graylings, and animals such as eagles, vultures, bears, wolves and foxes, all find refuge in the wilderness surrounding the gorge. "Forests are filled with oaks ...