Researchers from Flinders University in Australia, the Australian Museum, and the German Leibniz Institute announced the ...

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 ...

A new study estimates there have been more than 9,000 Australian invertebrate extinctions since 1788. Only one has been officially listed.

A long, long time ago, marsupials the size of small trucks, 2-meter-tall "thunder birds" and 5-meter-long venomous lizards roamed Australia. These animals—and more—were Australia's megafauna.

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 ...

“I acknowledge the huge effort of BoorYul-Bah-Bilya volunteers, including Tim Blake, who has purchased fauna cameras and dedicated many volunteer hours.” Perth Hills is in southwestern ...

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.