We chat to zoologist Claire Hawkins who recently launched a crowdfunder to help the public count how many wedgies are left in Tasmania.
Broome’s record rainfall has flooded the region and forced local wildlife to flee to higher ground.
By studying how our birds walk and run, scientists can better understand how dinosaurs moved around the earth.
Better understanding the early development stages of the thylacine will bring us a step close to de-extinction, scientists say.
Plastic waste in the ocean is a global problem; some eight million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has revealed the design of a new $50 note that will be issued into circulation from October 2018.
For the first time ever Australian scientists have calculated great white shark populations off Australia’s eastern and south-western coast.
A photograph of the critically endangered night parrot— rarely glimpsed by humans due to their nocturnal nature and small numbers— has been captured in Queensland.
We already knew that magpies were smart but now we know exactly how their intelligence has evolved.
About this experiment The animals that call Earth’s polar regions home are able to do so because they have a thick layer of blubber. This is a layer of fatty tissue that stores energy, insulates heat and also increases the bouyancy of marine mammals such as whales and walruses. In this experiment, you’ll have an… View Article