Getty Image While Australia is home to some of the most impressive wildlife, it is also home to a sad fact. Being in complete ...

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the ...

"Most people, including Australians, don’t know about most mammals in Australia," says Jack Ashby, author of the new book Platypus Matters . Reading time 5 minutes Eighty-six years ago today, the last ...

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One of the things Australia is known for is its animals, predominantly, the deadly kind. While there are deadly animals in Australia, it’s important to remember Australia is the sixth largest country ...

On Friday, Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, introduced a rare short-beaked echidna puggle in a video shared on Facebook. The new addition is around seven months old and has yet to be named. Born in ...

Brisbane, Australia, and the rest of the state of Queensland offer a variety of attractions for tourists. The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary allows visitors to see and interact with native Australian ...

Joe Wall, a former Wildlife Victoria rescuer who currently lives in Knoxville, recounted volunteering after one of the most devastating days in Australia's history. On Feb. 7 2009, Black Saturday ...

HOW would you describe Australian mammals? My work involves regularly talking to people about them. When I say that platypuses’ duck-like bills can detect the electrical impulses controlling the ...

If you can't go to Australia to pet the koalas, the koalas will now come to you — sort of. Google has added eight Australian animals to its collection of mobile AR creatures, allowing users to size up ...

Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers ...