Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley ...

There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species. Now, scientists have made a ...

Julia Creek dunnarts were once thought to be extinct, but now ecologists are on a mission to find and protect them. The Julia Creek dunnart (officially known as Sminthopsis douglasi) is one of 18 ...

A version of the mythical Australian “drop bear”, a carnivorous marsupial resembling a koala, actually lived on the continent at least until about 40,000 years ago, scientists revealed in a new study.

Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history Riley Black - Science Correspondent A Cape sundew wraps its sticky leaves around a helpless ...

A palaeontology research team from Flinders University has uncovered a series of ancient footprints along the Eyre Peninsula coastline, indicating thylacines once existed on the South Australian coast ...