I was home, sick, and I had gotten up at about 7 a.m., which is late for me. Feeling somewhat dejected, I was sitting at the ...

Scientists successfully extract RNA from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger, thylacine, revealing how its genes functioned before its extinction.

And now for something completely different. It was so surprisingly warm last Friday that our hopes for a white Christmas seemed to be blown to smithereens. I was home sick and I had gotten up at about ...

The woylie, also known as the brush-tailed bettong, once roamed across much of Western Australia. Like kangaroos, the hopping ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

The other day, a family in Sydney, Australia, was carrying their artificial Christmas tree in from the garage when they ...

Not all animals are born small and helpless. Learn about the animals whose babies walk minutes after birth, including why and ...

Deep in the Powrunna State Forest in Southwest Queensland, three wombat joeys are thriving where their species once nearly disappeared. Trail cameras captured the tiny marsupials tucked safely in ...

Social networking, pop stars and Sarah Palin are on the minds of computer users around the globe. Today, Google released Zeitgeist 2008 which compiles various categories of search queries from their ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong along with two new woylie subspecies—remarkable finds made bittersweet by ...

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) along with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) have been working together to help protect the world's rarest marsupial by ...