according to Australia's Department of Defence. Twenty-five children and elderly citizens were also airlifted from the area. Since September, at least 480 million animals — including mammals ...

The animal kingdoms of Asia and Australia are worlds apart, thanks to an invisible line that runs right between the two ...

Based on these new maps, the team of researchers was ... However, because there are so few fossilized animal specimens in Australia due to the continent’s harsh conditions, reliable data is ...

By Natasha Frost Reporting from Melbourne, Australia In July 2020 ... he has no formal training beyond drawing maps, some also illustrated with jaunty animal life, from his earliest boyhood.

Regardless of the exact numbers, this is a crisis for biodiversity in Australia, which is home to some of Earth’s most distinctive animals, like marsupials. But it’s not just charismatic ...

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?