Naturalists have long been interested in the strange animals of Australia, the duck-billed platypus, spiny Australian anteater, the kangaroo, wombat, emu, casowary. Last week, Albert Sherbourne Le ...

The Australian Firefighters Calendar is celebrating 30 years by offering a new batch of calendars filled with amazing animals and shirtless firefighters that give back Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor ...

Australia is home to some of the most remarkable species on Earth and importantly, many of these species don't exist anywhere else. Australia is seeing unprecedented adverse weather events due to ...

An implant that makes Australian animals lethally poisonous to cats that prey on them could help save species on the verge of extinction. Australian mammals are easily targeted by cats because many ...

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Australia hosts a dizzying array of venomous creatures — including spiders, snakes, jellyfish, octopuses, ants, bees and even platypuses. But why do so many Australian animals wield this bioweapon?

Bruno Alves Buzatto currently works for Flinders University. He has previously been funded by the University of Western Australia, Macquarie University, the Australian Research Council, Australian ...