When Lola Greeno enrolled to study for an Associate Diploma of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania in the 1990s and was ...

A bird expert says it appears to have leucism, which affects about one in 30,000 birds and is often confused with albinism.

A decade ago, there were more than 1,600 little blue penguins on the Granite Island of Australia, but now only 30 are left.

This year, the Australian Antarctic Division will lead expeditioners and scientists working with the Australian Antarctic ...

Heard Island is a land of fire and ice, home to Australia's only active volcano, with 12 major glaciers carving through the ...

In Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert, a group of rare birds was recently documented by wildlife photographer Syed Rizwan Mehmood.

Plan your reading in advance with our guide to new books published in Australia in August 2025. Have we missed some best ...

A weeding project gives little penguins a helping hand on an island off WA's south coast where an invasive weed can grow up to three times taller than the little birds.

This article explores 15 exceptional destinations where you can observe different penguin species in their natural environments, detailing the best times to visit, species you’ll encounter, and what ...

Australia is home to some of the most remarkable species on Earth and importantly, many of these species don't exist anywhere else.

But in 2023, a genetic study reclassified another marsupial, the long-tailed dunnart (previously Sminthopsis longicaudata), as a second species under Antechinomys (A. longicaudatus).

Both are revered in the natural history world today. Linnaeus, a biologist and physician, is known for his system of hierarchical classification: how all living things comprise a genus and species, ...