Jan 23, 2024 · Sea-level rise – along with increasing temperatures – is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming. Yet exactly how rising water levels affect the coast is often …

In Australia, the cuckoo wasp comes in a variety of bright metallic blues and greens. Classed as a parasitoid, like many wasps, it lays eggs in the nests of mud-dauber wasps. The cuckoo …

The ultimate sucker of the insect world, the Australian paralysis tick is the stuff of nightmares for dog owners but can also prove deadly to a range of other animals, birds and even humans.

Dec 12, 2017 · It's been suggested that the introduction of Australian eucalyptus trees may be to blame for the rapid spread of the Southern California wildfires. But experts say the claims just …

Oct 10, 2017 · Running, jumping burrowing and even tree-climbing, frogs both big and small can be found in almost any Australian landscape.

Unlike many spider relatives that dedicate their lives to building webs, Australian wolf spiders are ground dwellers, who stalk, chase, and pounce on their prey.

With its snuffling and shuffling, unique snout and spines, and a rare ability to lay eggs, the short-beaked echidna is Australia’s most widespread native mammal and one of the country’s most …

Image credit: shutterstock Carukia barnesi – the species most often known by the common name Irukandji – was the first of what’s now known to be as many as 20 species of small ‘cubozoan’ …

Jun 20, 2017 · With camera in hand, insect photographer James Dorey traveled the country capturing the diversity of our native bees up close.

Apr 16, 2018 · They may be small but the sting of the Irukandji jellyfish certainly packs a punch, and unfortunately Hannah Mitchell found out the hard way.