Citizen science project ‘Insect Investigators’ takes scientists to regional schools to teach students to track and identify ...

A team of scientists led by Dr. Matthew McCurry from the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney unveiled the discovery of a ...

Australian actor Nicholas Hammond's beloved actress mother Eileen Bennett died earlier this month aged 105. The 74-year-old Sound of Music star's mother was born in London in 1919 and passed away on ...

Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into ...

Nick Colquhoun was acting on adrenaline when he plunged in with wire cutters to free a prized stud bull caught in barbed wire as the floodwaters rose.

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like ...

An Australian breed of Huntsman spider appears to be establishing itself in Napier. Residents have made two sightings of the species not far from each other in the past few months. There are two ...

The beloved Australian lyrebird best known for its stunning tail and powers of mimicry may have a cunning hidden talent.

A Real Bug’s Life returns for another season of microscopic and dynamic worlds. This new season of the National Geographic series follows new creatures ranging from a hermit crab looking for its ...

Sydneysiders can expect are surge in funnel-web spiders this autumn. Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said ...

An Australian zoo is urging the public to catch and donate the world’s deadliest spiders to support its lifesaving antivenom programme. The Australian Reptile Park in Sydney says this has been a ...