We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life ...

In 1788, the European colonisation of Australia began with the arrival of 11 ships from the UK. The landing began a rapid transformation of the country. Some species were wiped out entirely, while ...

Four numbats released into Dryandra Woodland National Park as part of ongoing recovery effortsBred at Perth Zoo through its successful Native Species ...

Lukas Schindler, 26, and Livia Mühlheim, 25 were swimming together north of Sydney, Australia when they were attacked ...

Rumours of an unusual creature living in an outback waterhole have proven to be true. Those who reside deep in the heart of ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most ...

A species of Australian native plant related to kangaroo paws has been named after the humble rotary clothesline.

Australia wastes 7.6 million tonnes of food a year. A founder says insects can be part of the solution, but contamination ...

Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and executive produced by Hollywood film-maker Jon Favreau alongside creative director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and long-term David Attenborough collaborator Mike ...

A tiny bee with a pair of striking horn-like projections on its head has been identified in the remote Goldfields of Western ...

Cries in silence, her veins robbed by greedy hands, each grain of stolen sand buries a future beneath the lands” — these ...

This video uncovers six primate species whose behavior and appearance stretch the limits of what most people expect from the animal world. Scientists explain the peculiar adaptations behind their ...