Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

The rare creature, called Haliphron atlanticus, was seen by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s biodiversity and biooptics team on Nov. 6, the institute confirmed to SFGATE via email. Prior ...

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Taronga Zoo has successfully bred native Australian animals for years — but it now has a vision on how to re-establish their ...

I was halfway through sharing tales from Hume's groundbreaking 1824-25 overland expedition with Captain William Hovell from ...

Pterosaurs acquired flight "in a burst at their origin," giving scientists new insights into the biological laws of flight ...

Washed up poo in a popular Atherton Tablelands creek is threatening local platypus populations and a $3 million tourism ...

A new testing technique reveals the slippery mammals are more widespread than expected in our creeks and waterways.

The platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth, combining traits of mammals, birds, and reptiles. This video explores its insane biology and why scientists are still baffled by it.

Native to the rivers and freshwater creeks of eastern Australia, its venom is the lesser-known feature that sets the platypus ...