Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...

Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the ...

Island life has given the world’s largest bats their gargantuan wingspans, which can reach nearly 2 metres 1.

Some mammals evolved to eat only ants and termites. It happened at least twelve times. These animals developed special ...

Australian goannas adapted remarkably well to harsh climates. Scientists looking for hidden bone structures in lizards may be ...

What is a placental mammal? Learn more about placental mammals and how having a placenta may have been an evolutionary ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur — one that was dog-sized and roamed what is now the United States around 150 million years ago alongside familiar dinosaurs like stegosaurus ...

A newly discovered species of dinosaur is going on display in London’s Natural History Museum. Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae was a speedy, two-legged herbivore, 64 centimetres tall and 180 cm ...

A mother and son in Australia narrowly escaped an encounter with two hungry cassowaries – one of the only bird species on the planet with a track record of killing humans, according to animal ...

Between backward-facing-feet, nipple-less milk secretion and egg-laying, platypuses and echidnas are some of the strangest mammals on Earth. While the amphibious platypus spends much of its time ...