On a cold night on 18 June 1993 entrepreneur Dick Smith floated into the history books – making the first non-stop flight across Australia in a hot air balloon.
This is one of the only known birds to be toxic. Its feathers contain one of the most potent toxins known to science – but why?
This tiny sea butterfly spends its days floating in the ocean, feeding on plankton
Like something out of a fiction novel, the flying dragon lizard is one of the only true gliding reptiles
New Zealanders can rejoice. Study of ancient DNA from the University of Adelaide shows the kiwi didn’t come from across the Tasman.
The bright, rainbow-coloured kingfisher is found in the rainforests of South-East Asia.
A new coin series features the marsupial lion and other iconic extinct Australian animals, all illustrated by celebrated artist Peter Trusler.
Large fires are burning early in the Dry season in the Top End
A satellite image of Cyclone Ita shows the size of this Category 5 storm.
Its fuzzy orange outer shell gives this orangutan crab its name