Living like mammals in a land without them, Aotearoa New Zealand's flightless birds are an evolutionary enigma.

Alice Springs has achieved almost mythical fame as a popular subject in poems, songs and novels, the most famous being Nevil ...

Australia’s once-successful biocontrol agents for rabbits are losing their edge. As destructive populations of feral bunnies ...

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways.

NASA is sending astronauts back around the Moon. And Australia will play a critical role in helping them get there.

At Taronga Western Plains Zoo, the drama of a safari gives way to something quieter and more urgent, a national effort to ...

Northern quoll rediscovered after 80 years, land snails back from extinction in Norfolk Island, and the Antarctic ozone hole ...

The marsupial frog and Wollumbin hip-pocket frog are the only two Australian frog species known to show parental care. And ...

Birdwatching is experiencing a renaissance, so we’ve compiled 10 of the best locations in Australia where you can enjoy this popular pastime.

Giant dragonflies once roamed Earth’s skies. New research upends the textbook theory of why they went extinct.

Moon moth are outta this world. You’re not supposed to stare at the Sun, lest you suffer retinal burns and actual eclipse blindness. And I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m getting the same ...