Western Australia's ports of Dampier and Varanus Island reopened, the ports' operator said, after Tropical Cyclone Zelia hit the state's Pilbara iron ore region on Friday. Pilbara Ports said on its ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

Tropical forests lose species due to humans, even inside protected areas. Scientists found that forests near people have ...

Too many Americans tell me they won’t travel to Australia as we have too many things that will kill them! No!!!! Here’s how ...

Australia's iron ore export hub, the world's largest, braced on Friday for a powerful tropical cyclone, forcing the closure of all of the major commodity ports in the country's northwest as residents ...

Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world – and this ...

A southern cassowary chick hatched in the UK, making it only the second one of its species to have hatched on European soil.

Crocodile behaviour is changing in Australia’s tropical north, according to analysis of 15 years of tracking data. Their ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...