Satellite imagery from above Earth has documented an unusual turquoise glow emitting from the ocean in Australia.

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As the sun beats down, the surfer’s mind distorts and descends, and Nicolas Cage is at his psychotic best. He’s drinking out ...

The almost 3-year-old Valerie was trapped April 25 in remarkably good condition after 529 days living like a feral animal.

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

Valerie, a miniature dachshund lost for 18 months — or around half her life — on an Australian island, has been reunited with ...

New analysis of a 100-million-year-old fossil embedded in a rocky cove in Australia suggests echidnas may have evolved from ...

Australia’s oceans are a treasure trove of the weird, wild and wonderful — home to some of the most extraordinary marine sights on earth. Scuba divers and snorkelers usually have a good idea of what ...

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 ...

In the vast tapestry of nature, where survival often takes precedence over sentiment, unexpected friendships sometimes bloom across species lines, defying instincts and showcasing the complex ...

However, great whites are also notorious for their opportunistic feeding ways and will scavenge on dead animals, including whale carcasses. When most people think about great white sharks, many ...