Tragically, Australia is the world leader in mammal extinctions. Sadly, introduced predators carry much of the blame.feral ...

Borneo is one of the few places where you can see orangutans in the wild. It’s also the world’s third–largest island, a ...

University of Queensland research has confirmed Brisbane's only dinosaur fossil is Australia's oldest, dating back to the ...

When Europeans first saw a platypus, they thought it was fake. A fur-covered mammal with a duck-like bill that lays eggs made no sense at the time. It turns out the platypus is one of only two ...

The black abalone mollusk (Haliotis cracherodii) is a delicacy in many regions of the world, with fancy restaurant diners ...

A short-beaked echidna has joined Rockhampton Zoo, taking up residence in a newly refurbished Aussie animals enclosure.Mono ...

Of all the weird animals that exist in the world, platypuses are up there with the weirdest, and last year scientists discovered something even more peculiar about their fur: it glows! What may be ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

The pie-dish beetle gets its name for an apparent reason: its dish-like shape. Read here to learn about these flat beetles.

The Abdopus octopus is found in intertidal zones along the Northern Australian coastline. Rather than being restricted to rockpools at low tide, the Abdopus octopus can pull itself out and crawl ...