The re-examination of an Ice Age fossil that has spent the last 120 years in the bowels of a museum has filled a major ...

Platypuses are weird looking. They look like someone stitched together a duck and a beaver—flat bill, webbed feet, and a broad tail. But their appearance isn’t even the strangest thing about them. Not ...

The land of Australia is inhabited by some of the most exotic fauna that can be found on the planet, due primarily to its ...

You might think of Australia’s arid centre as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it’s actually dotted with thousands of rock holes – natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little ...