Budgies seem to have a sixth sense about where to find water, even in harsh conditions of the Australian desert.

Move over, roos and emus — this National Science Week, we went in search of the most underrated Australian animal. Read about ...

A large feral cat is hunting in the outback. ©Chris Watson/Shutterstock.com Cats first arrived in Australia with the first ...

Scientists found a “robust” creature with an “ambush predation” style in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Peter McDonald via McDonald, Fenner ...

Scientists found a “robust” creature with porthole-like spots in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Peter McDonald via McDonald, Fenner, Torkkola and ...

A surprise discovery in a remote Australian desert region has given us new clues into the evolution of complex animal life, dating back more than 500 million years. The numerous fossils of the ...

For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.

Making a home in the dry heat of the Australian desert requires some pretty nifty adaptations, and this guy is no exception. In 2016, scientists figured out the clever way this lizard can soak up ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time.

Australia is now home to the world’s largest feral camel population, with estimates from several hundred thousand to as many as a million. Females can give birth every two years and live up to ...

Freshwater mollusc in the Australian arid zone / Winston Ponder and Cameron Slatyer -- Aboriginal Dreaming and aridity / Dan Witter -- Between a rock and a dry place : land snails in arid Australia / ...