May 21, 2012 by Natali Anderson

University of Sydney researchers have found that platypus colonies that live on Australia’s small islands are at high risk of disease epidemics that...

May 17, 2012 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists and volunteers has discovered remains of at least seven different killer dinosaurs that once lived in what is now south-eastern...

May 14, 2012 by News Staff

Australian researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population evolve into new species faster than...

May 8, 2012 by News Staff

Fossilized remains of a ceratosaurian dinosaur discovered in Australia in 2006 is the first evidence that a major group of meat-eating dinosaurs roamed...

Apr 19, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of scientists has confirmed the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) had limited genetic diversity prior to its...

Apr 6, 2012 by Natali Anderson

A new species of velvetfish in the genus Pseudopataecus has been discovered in coastal waters of Western Australia. The Bearded Velvetfish, Pseudopataecus...

Mar 28, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has found that bottlenose dolphins from Shark Bay, Western Australia, form complex male alliances in an open social...

Mar 27, 2012 by Natali Anderson

An international team of researchers has proposed to conduct a large-scale project in Australia, where populations of some native predators are allowed...

Mar 26, 2012 by James Freeman

A team of researchers led by Dr. Susan Rule of the Australian National University has found that human arrival rather than climate change caused the extinction...

Feb 22, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of sea snake in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia. Bryan Fry with Hydrophis donaldii A paper,...

Feb 10, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A team of researchers has discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko on the East Montalivet Island off the north coast of the Kimberley region in Western...

Jan 23, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of researchers from the Monash Institute of Medical Research, Australia, has produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of snow leopard. It...

Aug 10, 2011 by James Freeman

Paleontologists have discovered a group of more than 20 polar dinosaur tracks on the coast of Victoria, Australia, offering a rare glimpse into animal...