Australia

The vast and largely unexplored biodiversity of Australia’s Northern Territory continues to yield remarkable discoveries. Scientists from the Australian Wi...

Australia’s Major Skink (Bellatorias frerei) has evolved the same venom resistance mutation as the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) which is found across ...

By removing a single gene in a cane toad egg, the researchers have created a hatchling that never progresses past its tadpole stage. The removed gene co...

Ecologists at a remote Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary, have been amazed to discover a blue tree frog. It is the only known discovery of a...

For the first time, scientists in Kooragang Island in New South Wales, Australia have observed adult female green and golden bell frogs (Litoria aurea) pre...

Twenty-four new species were recorded for the first time near Yalgoo, about 479 kilometres north-east of Perth, during a seven-day research expedition.Abou...

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much w...

A study using saltwater crocodile DNA has shone a new light on how the apex predators are migrating along coastlines of the Northern Territory. Scientists ...

Australian researchers are well on their way to saving more than one million turtles through the creation of an app TurtleSAT which collects data from citi...

The Lyon’s grassland striped skink, a reptile that is so elusive that it hasn’t been seen in 40 years, has been found in Queensland."The grassland striped ...

Much of the saltwater crocodile's vocalisations use water, either by slapping body parts on the surface, or vibrating the body beneath the water s...

Australia is once again upholding its notable reptile reputation as researchers discover a new venomous species of snake, the Desert Whip Snake. The dis...

Four new species of sand dragon lizards have been discovered in South Australia, with the lizards named after the traditional languages of the country wher...

Peoples using the FrogID app have helped reveal just how much the Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax) is establishing populations outside its native r...

Flinders University researchers in Australia have discovered an extinct shingleback skink species that was rabout the size of a human arm and covered in sp...

The survival of Victorian grassland earless dragon is being confirmed in a joint statement by the Andrews and Albanese governments. The location of this wi...

Researchers With the University of Newcastle and University of Adelaide as well as the Queensland Museum have described a new species of barred frog from N...

Researchers in Australia have discovered a new species of gecko with beautiful psychedelic eyes. The stunning lizards evaded detection for decades due to t...

The world's largest crocodile in captivity is celebrating its 120th birthday — we think. That's because nobody really knows the age of Cassius, a 5.48m ...

Bundaberg scientists from the Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) have discovered critically endangered white-throated snapping turtle in Baffle Creek for t...

Moaning, whooping and hooting varieties are among the five species of burrowing frog found in the Perth Hills. The scientists hope to inspire more people t...

After five years of tracking it down in remote ranges, researchers have discovered a new species of gecko. The ocellated velvet gecko (Oedura monilis) is ...

If you find a snake curled up under your tent, it would be best to leave the tent propped up and give the snake a good opportunity to leave. Read some tips...

Tens of millions of years ago, the thorny devil broke off from its closest relative, the tree-dwelling chameleon dragon of Australia's Top End, Dr Brennan ...

A new species of gecko that “looks like a little dragon”, with a beaky face and spiny leaf-shaped tail, has been discovered on an uninhabited Scawfell Isla...

A second batch of southern corroboree frogs has been released in Kosciuszko National Park as part of continued efforts to boost their number. The southe...

Australian researchers have buried an enduring myth once and for all, showing snakes are certainly not deaf and can hear airborne sounds. They found the sn...

An impressive video has gone viral on the internet in the last days. In a new pioneering way, researchers were able to measure the population of green sea ...

Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory is the first regional guide to the crocodiles, turtles, lizards and snakes of this megadiverse region...

An endangered yakka skink is getting a helping hand deep in the heart of the mulga lands, just outside Charleville in south-west Queensland. Predator fe...