Fly above the ancient, immense beauty of the Daintree Rainforest, Australia, with this breathtaking drone video. Witness the world's oldest living tropical rainforest, gliding over its dense, unbroken ...

Until now, scientists have only known about the animals from fossils. But they suspected the creatures might still be alive, ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Walk through a tropical rainforest, and you quickly notice a pattern in the fruits growing around you. Most are red, orange, ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Learn about two marsupial species discovered in New Guinea that were thought to have been extinct for 6,000 years.

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

A crocodile has been caught in an Australian creek on the temperate east coast far from the species' tropical habitat.

Avian influenza primarily affect birds but can infect mammals too, posing a threat to livestock industries should it make its way past Australia’s shores. In February, the disease was found in animals ...

The first camera survey ever conducted on Truwana/Cape Barren Island off Tasmania has recorded two rarely seen animals—white-footed dunnarts and blonde echidnas. A vulnerable shorebird—the Latham's ...

The seizure of dozens of live Western blue-tongued lizards, bearded dragons and spiny-tailed skinks covertly packed into popcorn bags, biscuit tins and women’s handbags have led to the longest prison ...