Researchers from UWA have discovered two new species of a small carnivorous marsupial which despite being cute-looking, are ...

An extinct Australian animal can once again be seen bounding across a paddock after rare 16mm film was digitised by the ...

To learn more about Australia's animals, visit the Australian Museum. Stonefish Possibly the deadliest fish in the world, the stonefish gets its name from its ability to camouflage itself in a ...

The Tasmanian tiger, a large striped carnivore, is believed to have gone extinct over 80 years ago – but newly released Australian government documents show sightings have been reported as ...

At the Australian Museum, photos quickly became crucial for Krefft and Barnes to record rare animals, Finney says. They captured dozens of animals, "mugshot style, against a white-sheet backdrop ...

At first glance, eastern quolls seem like ordinary marsupials. Native to Tasmania, Australia, they’re the size of house cats ...

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Australian Museum taxidermist Katrina McCormick working in her lab. Picture: Supplied “The first time I had to deal with anything quite rank was a dolphin,” Ms McCormick recalls.

Scientists at the Australian Museum in Sydney began working three years ago on plans to clone the extinct animal. The team extracted good quality DNA in May 2000 from a pickled female pup in its ...

The platypus is one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom. It looks like it was put together from parts of other animals; females lay eggs, and males are venomous.

But why do so many Australian animals wield this bioweapon? Many of these beasties predate Australia as a continent. But it's another story with venomous snakes, which arrived after the continent ...

Bob Paddle, the author of "The Last Tasmanian Tiger," views an animatronic version of the extinct carnivore, which could be brought back to life within 10 years.