Described as an “icon of the bush”, burrowing bilbies once roamed across three-quarters of mainland Australia, but in 2025, the tiny marsupials are rare, and it’s more common to see European rabbits ...

Arachnophobes may be alarmed to hear that scientists have identified 55 new species of Australian wishbone spiders. Coming ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...