In the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia, wildlife photographer Ross McGibbon captured a juvenile Northern knob-tailed gecko, Nephrurus sheai, exhibiting a rare behavior known as sand ...

Filipino and Taiwan botanical scientists recently discovered two new species of the Begonia flowering plants in Davao ...

The second batch of Discovery Sessions visit three New Zealand cities before crossing the Tasman with five stops in Australia. It kicks off on June 3 in Auckland, and then Wellington and Christmas.

The recovery of the humpback whale population suggests we may have been mistaken about their birthing grounds — tropical waters aren't the only places where they give birth. Humpback whales may not ...

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

Scientists are still trying to piece together the story of how birds became the most diverse life form on Earth. Some believe ...

When you think of gulls in Auckland you probably picture a large black-backed pirate, swooping down to snatch hot chips at ...

A sharp click is the first sound ever heard from a shark A shark opens its mouth wide underwater in Jaws (1975). Sound ...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the Indian Ocean, a reddish sea creature with “massive eyes” used its “long” arms to ...

New research reveals that humpback whales are giving birth much farther south than previously thought, raising concerns about ...

Most people rarely give eggs a second thought—until they hear about one that could rewrite the story of a species or stump ...

Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 people are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis, but lack of funding is hampering ...