Australian marine scientists say new research documenting orcas using seaweed as a tool for grooming is further evidence of the species’ complex social structures.
How a ‘weird group of boronias’ pollinate has puzzled botanists for decades. Now the mystery has finally been solved.
It has the ring of a fairytale, but an endangered butterfly’s survival in Western Victoria isn’t the stuff of magic but rather a story of dedicated habitat restoration.
Sulphur-crested cockatoos have shown extraordinary signs of brainpower in a Sydney park, where they’ve been seen turning on water taps, and even queuing to take turns drinking.
The state government-sanctioned euthanasia sparked global attention and criticism, but experts say the root of the problem lies in the management of Victoria’s blue gum plantations.
As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.
As a deadly bird flu continues to wreak havoc across the globe, Australia has so far remained the only continent free of the disease. But experts warn it’s only a matter of time before the lethal virus that causes the disease arrives on our shores.
The sniffing talents of a dog breed usually employed to find truffles have been utilised for science.
This charismatic little specialist termite eater is one of Australia’s most unusual and endearing marsupials.
These bizarre, shy fish that walk instead of swim face a precarious future in the waters of southern Australia.