He had made them his peculiar province ; it is fitting that they should be the subject of his chef-d‘oeuvre, "The Echinoderm Fauna of Australia : its Composition and its Origin"*, which was ...
Australia was once home to a group of extraordinary animals known as Megafauna. What became of them has been debated for over a century, but now a team of scientists are re-opening this paleolithic ...
A fluffy native mouse is among the Australian animals added to the international red list of threatened species, with conservationists warning of an escalating global extinction crisis.