The Shark Bay bandicoot, also known as western barred bandicoots or marl, is one of six locally extinct mammals the Australian Wildlife Conservancy is attempting to restore across New South Wales in ...

Dr. Renee Catullo from The University of Western Australia, and researchers from museums in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Germany, made the discovery in a new ...

Scientists found a deep-sea creature with “massive eyes” in an underwater canyon and discovered a new species near Australia, a study said. Photo from CSIRO Thousands of feet below the surface ...

“This new eagle species, Dynatoaetus pachyosteus, would have been similar in wingspan to a wedge-tailed eagle, now Australia’s largest living eagle of prey, but its bones seem much more robust ...

In Australia, unique species abound – from koalas and kangaroos to wombats and emus. Now, the western laughing frog and a spider named for Tom Hardy are among the 750 new species recognized on ...

Scientists find animal with “psychedelic eyes” in Western Australia woodlands, discover new species, Lesser thorn-tailed gecko, study said.

An eagle twice the size of a modern-day species, with a three-metre wingspan and talons large enough to grab a kangaroo, has been confirmed as Australia's largest-ever bird of prey.

When Western scientists first encountered moa, the idea that species could go extinct was just a few decades old. Their skeletons soon became a hot commodity.

At twice the size of a wedge-tailed eagle (which it coexisted with) and with a potential wingspan of up to 3m, this species is the largest known eagle to have lived in Australia, and one of the ...

This was published 2 years ago What the bald eagle and a tiny bat can tell us about Australia’s broken system for protecting nature ...

These so-called “dunny frogs”—famous for their habit of hiding in toilets, showers, and water tanks—have long been considered a single species.

An eagle twice the size of a modern-day species, with a three-metre wingspan and talons large enough to grab a kangaroo, has been confirmed as Australia's largest-ever bird of prey.