Five Australian marsupials have been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ...

In March 2025, a mysterious, yellowish foam started washing ashore on Waitpinga Beach, located in the Australian state of ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western Australia. Authorities have confirmed three seabirds have died of ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope with changed conditions and introduced enemies." The role of these "enemies" ...

A species of huntsman spider found in Queensland is the fastest mover out of more than 250 spider species analysed in a new ...

New mammal dubbed Australia’s ‘cutest and fiercest’ discovered in remote nature reserve - Researchers say marsupial behaves like apex predator despite its tiny size ...

"Most people, including Australians, don’t know about most mammals in Australia," says Jack Ashby, author of the new book Platypus Matters . Reading time 5 minutes Eighty-six years ago today, the last ...

A total of 12 cases of H5 bird flu have been confirmed in Australia since June but all of them were in migratory seabirds, ...

HOW would you describe Australian mammals? My work involves regularly talking to people about them. When I say that platypuses’ duck-like bills can detect the electrical impulses controlling the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved ...

H5N1 has already killed seals and penguins across remote Antarctic islands, and a new study reveals the virus has now crossed ...