Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people ...

A plantation worker photographed this new genus of mammal in New Guinea, thought to have been dead for 6,000 years.

Life is too short, but some animals don’t even have the privilege to live beyond three years. Contents1. Mayfly (24 hours)2. Worker Bee (5 – 7 weeks)3. Pygmy Goby (59 days)4. Luna Moth (2 months)5.

For John Cannon, reporting on nature begins with a story grounded in the truth. “Evidence-based reporting [is] at the heart ...

Senator The Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and WaterThe Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryMatt ...

Eight critically endangered mountain bongo antelopes were rescued after an unexpected flight delay left them stranded on a ...

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

A group of paleontologists and zoologists led by Timothy Flannery from the Australian Museum Research Institute has found that two species of marsupials, the ring—tailed flying couscous (Petauroides ...

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists ...