The re-examination of an Ice Age fossil that has spent the last 120 years in the bowels of a museum has filled a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Platypuses are monotremes, one of the oldest branches of mammals, and they reproduce by laying eggs instead of giving birth to ...

You might think of Australia’s arid centre as a dry desert landscape devoid of aquatic life. But it’s actually dotted with thousands of rock holes – natural rainwater reservoirs that act as little ...

The land of Australia is inhabited by some of the most exotic fauna that can be found on the planet, due primarily to its ...

Most countries pick something sensible for their national animal — the U.S. has the bald eagle Canada has the beaver and Australia has the kangaroo However, some countries looked at that playbook and ...

The Kimberley region in the northwest corner of Western Australia is full of rugged ranges and gorges, and long stretches of red soil and rocky ground. The dry seasons are long, and the wet seasons ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...

In this image taken from video, a living Australian brushtail possum sits on the display shelf at a terminal shop at Hobart Airport in Hobart, Australia, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Melissa Oddie via ...