Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the ...

Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in ...

The full cost of recovering all of Australia's threatened animals and plants has been calculated for the first time.

This new research estimates the price and benefits of recovering threatened species – and offers cost-effective ways for ...

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards crowned the funniest animal photos of the year. In its tenth year, the CWPA hopes that by showcasing wildlife's humour, conversations on conservation can occur.

Big Things first appeared in Australia in the 1960s, beginning with the Big Scotsman (1962) in Medindie, South Australia, the ...

Picture: Supplied. The Girringun Indigenous Rangers who discovered Bunji on the side of the highway between Tully and Cardwell. Picture: Supplied. The Girringun Indigenous Rangers who rescued him ...

The Giant Koala is one of Australia’s best-known big things, situated on the Western Highway at Dadswell Bridge between ...

The juvenile has been named Bunji – meaning mate – by his rescuers after he was discovered on the side of the Bruce Highway just south of Cairns in Far North Queensland in June. Wildlife officers and ...

The small town of Kilcoy is not the site of the first, or even the most recent, “Yowie” sighting. And hunters of Australia’s version of Bigfoot are no more likely to see it there than anywhere else in ...