Australian researchers have managed to extract DNA from two extinct marsupials: a giant short-faced kangaroo (Simosthenurus occidentalis) and a giant wallaby...
A team of scientists led by Dr Stephen Donnellan of the University of Adelaide has described a new species of Varanus lizard from the Dampier Peninsula,...
Australian scientists have described three new lizard species, hidden from humans for millions of years in remote areas of the country.
Three new species...
A team of researchers led by Dr Vladlen Shvedov of the Australian National University’s Laser Physics Center in Canberra, Australia, has built what they...
According to a study carried out by scientists from Spain and the United States, members of Sthenurinae – an ancient family of kangaroos that lived until...
According to a team of scientists from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, two species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms discovered off Australia...
Two new species of jellyfish – Keesingia gigas and Malo bella, both believed to cause Irukandji syndrome, have been discovered off Western Australia’s...
A team of ichthyologists headed by Dr Stuart Welsh from West Virginia University has described a new species of eel-tailed catfish from the Tully River...
A new study published in the journal Biology Letters shows that red kangaroos use their muscular tail just like a leg.
The red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)...
Scientists at Monash University have announced the discovery of three previously unrecorded ancient volcanoes in the Hamilton area of the Newer Volcanics...
A large international team of scientists has sequenced and analyzed the 640 million base pair genome of Eucalyptus grandis (known as the Flooded Gum or...
Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) cope with extreme heat by resting against cooler tree trunks, according to a new study led by Dr Michael Kearney from...
Australian biologists have described a new species of dasyurid marsupial within the genus Antechinus.
The Black-tailed Antechinus, Antechinus arktos. Image...
A multinational group of scientists led by Dr Peter Elliott of South Australian Museum and the University of Adelaide has described a new mineral from...
Nimbacinus dicksoni, an ancient meat-eating marsupial that lived in Australia during Oligocene and Miocene between 24 and 5.3 million years ago, had the...
Dr Robert McCormack from the Australian Aquatic Biological Pty’s Australian Crayfish Project has described a new species of crayfish from the swamps...
According to a new study published in the Journal of Zoology, the dingo is a distinct member of the dog family, not a kind of wild dog as previously believed.
A...
A small fragment of a mineral called zircon extracted from a remote rock outcrop in Australia confirms that the Earth’s crust first formed at least 4.4...
A 19 to 16-million-year-old fossil of a kiwi-like bird unearthed at St Bathans, New Zealand, suggests that the kiwi is not a dwarf version of a distant...
