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Data suggests male northern quolls rest less than females and spend much more time on the move, leading to their death after a single breeding season

A deep trawl has brought up a potentially new species of a fish whose extreme mating methods include permanent physical fusion

The fish has been causing havoc for Sunraysia irrigators after a population boom, and now it is being detected by Riverland growers.

As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species interbreed, the flow of new genetic diversity could help them adapt to warmer environments.

A species of small, carnivorous marsupials is picking sex over sleep as males travel the equivalent of up to 40km a night to find a mate.

Researchers say that the population of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has rebounded for a second year in a row

Researchers say the mating drive of northern quolls overrides even the need for sleep, putting the endangered species at further risk.

The common lizard is the only terrestrial reptile in the country

Researchers have discovered that both dolphins and net-casting fishermen in Brazil have more success fishing when they join forces.

Scientists, bird lovers and farmers are meeting in southern NSW to discuss conservation efforts to "bring back the bunyip bird" aka the bittern.

Manuel Lopez was dive fishing in the sea around 11.30am on January 6 when he was attacked by a shark in front of his horrified co-worker in Mexico