With rainfall in decline, sprinklers are now the lifeline helping Queensland's endangered bum-breathing turtles survive.

Male singers seem to have a lot of fans in the spider research community. Among the more famous names that crop up in the spider kingdom are David Bowie and Bob Marley, while Johnny Cash has a hairy ...

For the fourth year running, the condition of Australia’s environment has been relatively good overall. Our national environment scorecard released today gives 2024 a mark of 7.7 out of 10. You might ...

The Serra do Assuruá is in the north-central region of the Bahia state of Brazil, on the country’s east coast. The research ...

Males of the South American species incubate their young in their vocal sacs. The London Zoo recently established a breeding ...

A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then, despite multiple search ...

A James Cook University biologist has discovered a new species of lizard on Scawfell Island, a remote island 50 km east of ...

They took a closer look at the animals and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Hyloscirtus maycu, or the Maycu stream frog. Maycu stream frogs have “slender” bodies, reaching ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A team of researchers has rediscovered a frog species which has not been seen in more than 130 years. First described in 1902, Alsodes vittatus had evaded detection since then ...