On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out because its brown eyes were moving.

Scientists have discovered mosquitoes can act like tiny "flying wildlife surveyors," helping researchers detect elusive and endangered animals in Australia's national parks. A team from Macquarie ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

See some darling—and some dangerous—animals in images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explain the lethal threats of the Outback, from the Box Jellyfish to the Sydney Funnel-web Spider, and why the local "no-touch" policy is the primary rule for ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, because the remote, difficult-to-navigate region where the fossils were ...

Animal welfare advocates in Western Australia's north are calling for more action after a spate of animal abuse cases RSPCA WA does not have a permanent inspector in the Kimberley, and operates in the ...

South Australia saw most of the season’s wildest swings with January heatwaves followed by February floods Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app ...

A viral TikTok video showing an Australian shepherd playing fetch has left viewers in stitches thanks to an unexpected twist: ...

Steve Turton has previously received funding from the Australian and Queensland governments. On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in ...

Data shows that some locations stayed well above 30C through the night during a heatwave in late January Want to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here Follow our ...