The box jellyfish, marbled cone snail, blue-ringed octopus and stonefish are in the top ten most venomous animals of the world, and all live in Australia. Even more impressive, Australia is home ...

Maybe you live in Australia; or, you’ve never set foot on the ... One solution could be wrapped up in a science experiment as strange as Australia’s animal kingdom: Giving koalas fecal transplants, ...

Australia hosts a dizzying array of venomous creatures — including spiders, snakes, jellyfish, octopuses, ants, bees and even platypuses. But why do so many Australian animals wield this bioweapon?

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals emerged ...

Kangaroos and koalas might be the most notorious Australian wildlife, but a tiny, fluffy animal may be the most beloved. Quokkas are a small marsupial species that live almost exclusively on ...

Australia is famously full of such deadly animals - and this room at the Australian ... not only is their venom extremely potent, but they also live exclusively in a densely populated region ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve.