A camper spotted what looked like bird poop, but it wasn’t. It was a fuzzy beetle. In fact, it was an entirely new species of fuzzy beetle.

While researchers say it’s a “shame,” they also said it was the first recorded meeting between an estuarine crocodile and a pomarine jaeger.

An Australian whale-watching crew witnessed a fight between orcas and sperm whales and caught it on video during an expedition this week. 

These animals from Down Under could put you six feet under. Here’s what you need to know about them, including how to avoid them.

The World Surf League and others are celebrating a new world record of the largest wave ever paddled into by a female.

Australian trail runner Peter Bice may have one of the most entertaining running social media accounts—as he spots all kinds of animals.

After eight years of planning, Australia’s Royal National Park will have a population of platypus for the first time in 50 years.

An Australian man has been charged with kidnapping a platypus and showing it off around town. The 26-year-old, whose name has not been released, is accused of capturing a platypus in the state of Queensland, taking it on a train in Brisbane, and then toting it around a shopping center to show it off. “According [...]

After a decade of hard lobbying, the Australian government just green-lit a brand-new national park designed to protect one of the country’s most iconic species. As its name suggests, Great Koala National Park, located in the Coffs Harbour Hinterland in New South Wales, will be a utopia for all things koala. It will feature a [...]

Recent footage of one of the largest squids in the ocean has scientists excited. It’s rare to see these deep-sea predators.