We may have gotten the evolutionary origins of the echidna backward, as new research suggests its ancestors probably lived in ...

Imagine a creature that looks like a mashup from a child’s wildest dreams: a furry animal with the bill of a duck, the tail ...

Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hourlong rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time.

A toxic algal bloom linked with marine deaths across South Australia has grown to an unprecedented scale and will only be ...

Scuba divers and snorkelers usually have a good idea of what to expect in the open ocean, but every now and then, something ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said ...

Three local men managed to return the distressed animal from a sand bank into deeper water after an almost hour-long rescue effort on Tuesday near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia ...