Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have only been scientifically recognized in the past 25 years. Subscribe to our ...

The Mary River Turtle, an Australian freshwater species, possesses the extraordinary ability to breathe through its rear, ...

"Most people, including Australians, don’t know about most mammals in Australia," says Jack Ashby, author of the new book Platypus Matters . Reading time: Reading time 5 minutes Eighty-six years ago ...

New research led by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub has revealed which Australian mammals are most vulnerable to cats and foxes, and many much-loved potoroos, bandicoots and bettongs, as well as ...

Two tiny new species, a porcelain crab and a lantern shark, were discovered during a 2022 deep-sea expedition off Western Australia’s Gascoyne coast in the Gascoyne Marine Park, recent research confir ...

Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Science, Queensland University of Technology Andrew Baker receives funding from the Australian Biological Resources Study program. Diana Fisher has ...

Possums living in the Greater Melbourne area have levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, often known as ...

HOW would you describe Australian mammals? My work involves regularly talking to people about them. When I say that platypuses’ duck-like bills can detect the electrical impulses controlling the ...

The authors note, with appreciation, that the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Norman Wettenhall Foundation, North Australian Hub of the National Environmental Research Program, and Australian ...