The fastest terrestrial mammal in Australia is the red kangaroo which can clock up a top speed of around 56 kmph (34 mph) over shorter distances. And its ability to hop is an incredibly efficient way ...

Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals ...

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living ...

More than 110 species of fish and invertebrates previously unknown to science were lurking between 200 metres and 3 ...

Among the plushies at an airport gift shop, there was one animal that was a little too realistic ...