Australia, a land of extreme contrasts and unique ecosystems, is home to some of the wildest and untamed creatures on the planet. From the ferocious predators stalking the outback to the graceful ...

Blue-ringed octopuses carry a killer concoction called tetrodotoxin (TTX), a potent neurotoxin that can paralyze living things, including humans. Tetrodotoxin is most famously known from pufferfish — ...

A 26-year study at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic ...

Almost two centuries after rabbits were set free across Australia’s fragile landscape, scientists are working to understand a ...

For a decade, a group of rare kangaroo-like marsupials have been protected behind a high-security fence. Protecting these ...

Scientists have discovered that the kultarr – one of Australia’s most elusive marsupials – is actually three different ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...