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Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during ...

From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.

Climate change is driving many of Australia's native reptiles toward extinction, and the answers to their future survival may lie in the fossil record.

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for ...

Australia encompasses the mainland of the Australian continent, Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It ranks as the world ...

The duck-billed dinosaur was only a few years old when it died. Scientists now believe the species had hooves on its feet.

With over 500 miles of dirt roads for four-wheel-drive off-roading, over 100 miles of hiking trails, and 12 wilderness areas, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is California’s largest state park.

Australia's tropical rainforests are among the first in the world to start emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, scientists said Thursday, linking the "very concerning" trend to climate ...

New evidence shows that Aboriginal Australians have lived inland in Western Australia for more than 50,000 years. That’s 10,000 years earlier than previously known for Australian deserts. The finding ...

Ms. Blum is the author of “The Monkey Wars,” a book about ethical issues in animal research. Early in my career as a science journalist, I visited a primate research laboratory that was running an ...

Antelopes, buffalo and rhinos are among the 15 most poached animals of 2025, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has revealed. Other animals on the list include elephants, apes and lions, ...