From brightly colored birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia's native animals are a sight to behold. The island ...

Wildlife crime may sound like something that happens far away in dense jungles or on the high seas, but it is an increasingly serious problem in Australia’s own backyard. Native animals and plants are ...

Whether it's hunting invasive pests or rolling in a river like an otter, there's a lot to love about the rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster). The nation's biggest rodent is perhaps its most resourceful ...

If Australia is renowned for one thing, it's the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent. The three most venomous snakes in the world are from Australia (with a few others ...

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living ...