Rio Tinto has redrawn its plans for Australia’s next big copper-gold mine after the shock discovery of one of the world’s ...

The number of black cab drivers is rapidly declining with a number of factors being blamed including unbearable traffic congestion in the UK capital.

Farmers and zoologists in Australia have been thrilled by the discovery of a rare snake species population. The critically ...

The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously ...

According to the BBC's Discover Wildlife website, these 10 animals were once presumed extinct. The third creature on this ...

Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only one species, the short-beaked echidna, which can be found throughout the ...

In the last ten years, at least 15 species have officially checked out, never to be seen again. It's ironic to think how ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

Australian scientists have discovered an ancient freshwater fish fossil with its stomach contents remarkably preserved. In a ...

Stories of how the data was collected were fascinating. Some people camped on islands for weeks. Some scaled cliffs or jumped ...

Scientists discovered a 15-million-year-old fish fossil, Ferruaspis brocksi. It has preserved stomach contents and visible ...