Eastern barred bandicoots were once considered extinct on mainland Australia, but conservationists are determined to give them a “fighting chance”. A species once declared extinct on mainland ...

Did you know that crocodiles are very good at finding their way home? That’s good news for a croc that’s a long way from its ...

The wombat’s intestine does something no other gut on Earth does. Understanding why reveals how deeply evolution can sculpt even the most intimate biology.

As the sun dips below the horizon, shadows stretch over the sand. For the camel spider, though, this signals the beginning of ...

Australia does not simply have a large number of lizards. In many regions, they dominate the landscape almost quietly, moving ...

From spare-wheel solutions to livestock recovery aids, entrants in this year’s Nampo Boereplanne competition impressed judges ...

A fossil snake discovered in India may have reached nearly 50 feet long, offering new clues about giant predators in ancient ...

A crowd gathered by the rubbish-strewn banks of the Ciliwung River as workers from the Jakarta Environmental Agency cast ...

In the red-brown siltstones of Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have found something that was not supposed to be there: worm-shaped animals with bilateral symmetry, preserved ...

A scorpion does not look like an animal in need of more firepower. It arrives already armed, with claws at one end and a hypodermic tail at the other. But under a microscope, its weapons turn out to ...

We share our planet with some weird animals, from goblin sharks to immortal jellyfish and amphibians that can regrow their ...

Some owl families are totally invisible from the forest floor.