Study reveals koala have extinct from their ancient relatives, including marsupial lions and giant wombats. Ancient proteins ...

Move over dinosaurs, Australia is pitching its oversized megafauna as its latest “dangerous” tourist attraction.

The Ice Age was a world locked in endless winter, where massive glaciers crept across continents and woolly mammoths roamed ...

Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and executive produced by Hollywood film-maker Jon Favreau alongside creative director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and long-term David Attenborough collaborator Mike ...

Sleep is one of nature's greatest mysteries, and while we humans aim for seven to nine hours a night, some animals take it to ...

The marsupial lion, which vanished around 40,000 years ago, was a muscular ambush predator about the size of a modern lion.

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.

A vaccine has been approved to help protect koalas against chlamydia, a measure researchers are hailing as a world-first in fighting the disease that is a leading cause of death for the beloved ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in the iconic native species that is ...