Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, ...

The Kimberley region in the north-west corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons ...

If you read the news regularly, you are bound to read about animal attacks. Typically, these attacks follow certain patterns. Either it's an unlucky or unwelcome hiker being blitzed by a bear on some ...

Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status ...

A shipment of uncommon aquatic species arrives for installation in a newly built aquarium system. The animals are selected ...

A staple in African and Arab communities for millennia, camel milk is now being marketed as a ‘superfood’ ...

On February 13, a New South Wales District Court sentenced 61-year-old Neil Simpson to eight years in jail for attempting to ...

With one of the strongest bite forces recorded among land mammals, the spotted hyena can crush bones using its powerful jaws. Living in complex social groups across the African savanna, these animals ...

When Frank was forced to sell the sheep he'd been farming for more than 20 years, something had to change. His "experiment" is helping expats feel at home.

Scientists discover thousands of new species every year, and a surprising number of those creatures end up named after pop ...