A tribute to William F. Humphreys, the Australian museum scientist whose four decades of research revealed ancient ...

Some Australian desert mammals use distinct strategies to promote evolutionary fitness in response to changing environmental conditions over short timescales, according to a new study. Populations of ...

You might think of Australia’s arid centre as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it’s actually dotted with thousands of rock holes – natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of a thorny devil lizard's head and neck, showcasing its sharp protective spines and textured tan and brown scales ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface. By Anthony Ham If ...

Rangers look for tiny footprints in the sand and dig trenches to find the moles, which spend most of their lives underground. Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa via Facebook On the surface, Western Australia’s ...