In the early 1980s, a massive drought known as the "Great Dry" swept through eastern Australia. Massy's traditional farming practices had allowed his sheep to intensely graze the landscape, stripping ...

Whales are the biggest creatures on Earth. These animals are found in every ocean, but that doesn't make them fish.

Australia is home to some of the most rare animals in the world, with nearly 80% of plants, mammals, reptiles, and frogs ...

The Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray will be available in Sonic and Shadow Limited Editions with an April 15th ...

Pangolins are scaly, anteater-like mammals known for their long tongues, burrowing lifestyles and elusive habits. Throughout their homes in Africa and Asia, pangolins are threatened by poaching ...

A nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple sex chromosomes, helps researchers to track genomic reorganization events that gave rise to a highly unusual sex ...

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is one of Australia's most iconic animals. Belonging to a unique group of mammals called "monotremes" (with the platypus as the other prominent ...

While the echidna species has 400 to 2,000 electroreceptor ... Scientists believe that at some point during platypus evolution, the mammal lost its teeth to make room for the many nerve cells ...

While the echidna species has 400 to 2,000 electroreceptor skin cells, the platypus has 40,000 across the top and bottom of its bill. Scientists believe that at some point during platypus evolution, ...

A nearly gapless genome sequence of the echidna, an egg-laying mammal with multiple sex chromosomes, helps researchers to track genomic reorganization events that gave rise to a highly unusual sex ...