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

A team of Australian researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile ...

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on ... has been found by Australian scientists ...

Newly discovered evidence of Australia's earliest species of tree frog challenges what we know about when Australian and ...

Why do researchers care if a bee can learn to recognise a human face? When we push animals outside familiar territory, we can ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time.

Discover which animal is considered the most dangerous in Australia and how to avoid encounters. As he launches a North American stadium tour and his "Hurry Up Tomorrow" film, Abel Tesfaye reflects on ...

Monash University biological sciences lecturer Dr Emily Roycroft studies some of Australia’s most threatened animals and researches past extinctions to find lessons for wildlife conservation. She says ...

Discover the surprisingly deadly animals that are hidden throughout Australia.

The Australian Livestock Exporters Council told The Australian a meeting in Canberra on Tuesday to help develop a new national animal welfare strategy should not be taking place during the ...

Scientists have now discovered the oldest ancestor for all the Australian tree frogs, with distant links to the tree frogs of South America.