The year 1967 was memorable for plenty of reasons. It was the year of the first human heart transplant and the moment the ...

Citizen science platforms, including iNaturalist, are leading to major new discoveries and are becoming crucial to the work ...

Ptilotus senarius is a small shrub with pleasing purple-pink flowers near the Gulf of Carpentaria, and hadn’t been collected since 1967.

A plant thought extinct for 58 years has been found again in Australia after a chance upload to a citizen science mobile app.

Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

Twelve years after Australia’s 'extinct' night parrot was rediscovered, a worrying new investigation has revealed swathes of ...

John Woinarski is a member of the Biodiversity Council, a Director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and a member of the Science Advisory Committee of Invertebrates Australia. Jess Marsh is ...

Koalas were officially declared endangered Friday in eastern Australia. This comes as the marsupials continue to fall prey to chlamydia and lose their habitats to land clearing and climate change.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While fictional depictions of fossil discoveries often feature ...