Dubbed "the vacuum cleaners of the river," these creatures are an environmental lifeline. Officials enlist unusual helpers in ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

Seahorse hotels are providing a much needed habitat for endangered seahorses. Nestled away under the surface of Sydney’s ...

The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail is officially extinct, but researchers have ‘high hopes’ that translocation will allow the population to thrive Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton ...

Within a forested limestone landscape of Papua New Guinea lives a shy, striking bird that’s new to science. This bird is also ...

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

Rarely do species presumed extinct reappear with renewed hope for a better future. But researchers in Australia not only ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong along with two new woylie subspecies—remarkable finds made bittersweet by ...

Taxpayers will fork out about $7 million to purchase 1900 hectares of farmland as part of a national park expansion in SA’s ...

If Pearson does see a fin, he'll look for signs it is a shark. A dolphin only has one dorsal fin, while most sharks have two ...

Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there ...

In their search for quolls, the sanctuary manager had choppered over a remote location they’d neglected to survey before, then set up camera traps around an isolated rocky outcrop surrounded by ...