Echidnas are quill-covered mammals that are native to Australia and New Guinea. They lay eggs like their platypus cousins, ...

An implant that makes Australian animals lethally poisonous to cats that prey on them could help save species on the verge of extinction. Cats have had a devastating impact on Australia’s ...

There’s also the difficulty of sustainably rearing and slaughtering native animals in sufficient quantities. Perhaps we can take a lesson from Australia’s “first farmers” and how they ...

The process of renaming our native animals Names of Aboriginal origin are as endemically Australian as the animals they describe and they also provide each species with a well-defined identity. Of ...

THESE rarely-recognised Aussie animals are mostly unheard of. Unlike kangaroos, koalas and wombats, these interesting animals remain fairly unknown in their home country.

There’s also the difficulty of sustainably rearing and slaughtering native animals in sufficient quantities. Perhaps we can take a lesson from Australia’s “first farmers” and how they ...