Scientists revisited tracks made by a shorebird, a lizard, a cat-like predator and some sort of large herbivore at what is ...

A brightly colored bird that has been extinct in the wild for almost 40 years has been introduced on a new island in the ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size—from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of ...

Scientists have just unearthed the fascinating ancient monotreme dubbed the echidnapus at Australia’s Lightning Ridge, a creature that lived 100 million years ago. This ancient blend of echidna and ...

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Woolworths has received the go-ahead from the Australian competition regulator to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Beak & Johnston. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC ...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided not to oppose the proposed acquisition of Beak & Johnston (B&J) by supermarket chain Woolworths. Woolworths, which already ...

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When we think of mammals, we usually think of animals that give birth to live babies, like lions or humans. But there’s a small and rare group of mammals that do things differently– they lay eggs!