How often do birds mistakenly mate with other species? That is a question arising from sightings in recent years – the first for well over a century – of Australia’s most mysterious bird, Rawnsley’s bowerbird.
A team of Queensland scientists is using innovative methods to investigate the success of Australia’s humpback whale populations.
A baby white rhino has joined the rest of its herd, or ‘crash’, at Australia Zoo.
Love them or hate them, Australia is crawling (well, slithering) with snakes of all kinds – and they’re as fascinating as they are fearsome.
Leila Jeffreys captures studio portraits of native birds that show these beauties like never before.
From ’emu’ to ‘cockatoo’, fewer Aussie animal names have their origins in Aboriginal languages than most of us realise – but the trend is shifting.
Eight-month-old Levi has been hand reared at Devil Ark in Barrington Tops, NSW.
Shark numbers aren’t on the rise, but more research will make us safer in the water.
This elusive parrot is struggling for survival, as disastrous wildfires threaten its already limited habitat.
From square poo to body armour that sucks up water, Aussie animals have developed some nifty tools to help them survive the most arid country in the world. Here are 10 of our favourites.