A popular WA tourist location is making headlines after a recent study found recreational moorings were destroying the sea floor – but the scientists who conducted the research say their findings have been over-hyped.
At least five tiny feathertail glider joeys have been born at Taronga Zoo in a rare breeding success.
Footage of a baby American alligator squeezing and squeaking its way out of an egg at the Australian Reptile Park has gone viral.
A pair of baby boy platypuses have emerged from their burrow at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria 133 days after hatching.
While Indonesia enjoyed 2016’s only total solar eclipse on Tuesday morning, NASA offered a novel perspective from space – the shadow of the Moon passing across Earth.
Australia’s largest land predator has been found to be resistant to one of its biggest threats – changes in skull shape caused by cross-breeding with domestic dogs.
Victoria’s iconic Twelve Apostles have received a surprise boost in numbers with the discovery of five extra limestone columns hidden deep underwater.
New research by South Australian scientists could help save Antarctica’s blue whales from their “near-annihilation” by whalers during the 20th century.
A review of existing research into 331 Australian mammal species has found ‘ugly’ rodents and bats are missing out on their fair share of attention.
Keen birdwatchers are flocking to Western Australia to see a rare shorebird that appears to have strayed from its usual migration.