Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday shortly after his inauguration calling for the Gulf of Mexico to be ...

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

I was always taught there were seven continents, Australia being one of them. However, I've been doing this long enough to ...

A new study has cast light on the extinction of many of Australia’s kangaroos, challenging beliefs that the world’s changing ...

Australia remains the only continent free of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain. But experts warn it’s only a matter of time ...

Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about 1 million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction.

Have you ever thought about exploring Australia? More and more people from around the globe are doing just that! Austral ...