Dec 12, 2024 · Fifty years on, we recall the devastation of Cyclone Tracy and the extensive evacuation and reconstruction that followed.

Oct 10, 2017 · Running, jumping burrowing and even tree-climbing, frogs both big and small can be found in almost any Australian landscape.

Apr 16, 2018 · They may be small but the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish certainly packs a punch, and unfortunately Hannah Mitchell found out the hard way.

Thundering through the outback at speeds of up to 50km per hour, the emu might be Australia’s largest flightless bird, but it certainly isn’t its slowest.

This knowledge gap comes down to the observational nature of this science, and how nocturnal animals can be extremely difficult to capture or observe in a natural setting. The whole of the Moon “I think [the difficulty with studying nighttime animal behaviours] is just the fact that people prefer to work in daylight hours.” Dr Euan Ritchie, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at ...

The reclusive yet highly-venomous blue-ringed octopus has enough poison inside it to kill 26 humans - and there isn’t a known anti-venom in sight.

Australia is home to eleven owl species. From our smallest species the Southern Boobook, to the Powerful Owl - owls can be found in various habitats from wet rain forests to open woodlands.

In Australia, the cuckoo wasp comes in a variety of bright metallic blues and greens. Classed as a parasitoid, like many wasps, it lays eggs in the nests of mud-dauber wasps. The cuckoo wasp’s eggs hatch first and the larvae then eat all the stored food in the chamber. The cuckoo wasp has the impressive ability to roll into an armoured ball to protect itself if it is caught entering another ...

The ultimate sucker of the insect world, the Australian paralysis tick is the stuff of nightmares for dog owners but can also prove deadly to a range of other animals, birds and even humans.

The drop bear is a native Australian marsupial related to the koala that is ferocious, savage, cunning and…. entirely fabricated.