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Australia is known for its rare and interesting critters. Some can be frightening and venomous, while others are intimidating but innocuous. Australia’s isolation from other landmasses ensures that ...

Mucus, feces, skin and other shed tissue allowed researchers to investigate which creatures have been swimming in two deep-sea canyons without having to observe or catch them ...

When people think about deadly Australian animals, their minds usually race straight to venomous spiders, aggressive sharks, or those notoriously lethal snakes. The internet loves sharing terrifying ...

A trail camera at a national park in Australia filmed a spotted-tailed quoll meeting two rock-wallabies, a “rarely documented” encounter. Screengrab from NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service's ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in Australia hope to see the extinct Tasmania tiger, or thylacine, roaming the wildness sometime in the next decade ...