Whales have long fascinated us with their size and beauty. Once we stopped whaling, their populations have begun to recover, in a major win for conservation.
Wild chimpanzees are being exposed to a cocktail of harmful chemicals.
If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics. It has always amazed me to see wombat scats on top of grass tussocks or logs, because I've always wondered ...
Bloody hell! That cockatoo just opened my bin, and it's eating my leftover pizza. We can't have that, I'll put a rock on the lid to stop it opening the bin. Problem solved…?
The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its color, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.
Marine scientists have discovered that whale sharks eat plants, making the iconic fish the world's largest omnivore.
Animals do all sorts of disgusting things. While these gross behaviours might turn our stomachs, they're often crucial to an animal's survival.
An international team of scientists, including two from the University of Bath, has just arrived back from an expedition studying penguin colonies in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctic Peninsula.
The strange metal box hauled from the waves and onto the ship's deck looks like a spaceship fished from a child's imagination.
If you gaze at the ocean this winter, you might just be lucky enough to spot a whale migrating along Australia's coastline. This is the start of whale season, when the gentle giants breed in the warm northern waters off Australia ...
