Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia's extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the ...

Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

The year 1967 was memorable for plenty of reasons. It was the year of the first human heart transplant and the moment the ...

A new marsupial species closely related to the kangaroo was discovered in Australia, but it might already have gone extinct. Scientists, including those from the Curtin University, found the new ...

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Less famous are their small endangered ...

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

A trail camera in a national park of New South Wales photographed a critically endangered animal long thought to be locally extinct. Photo from Mark Lees / DPIE via New South Wales National Parks and ...

In 1838, John Gould, the father of Australian ornithology, visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While fictional depictions of fossil discoveries often feature ...