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Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface. By Anthony Ham If ...

Under the cover of darkness, a “robust” creature with a unique spot pattern took up its rocky perch in a desert of Australia. Its “large” eyes scanned the sparse landscape. Passing scientists noticed ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time. Weighing ...

But ask the people who lived in this desert for 48,000 years what happened and many will tell you: They left. “A lot of Martu people say that if there’s no people out in the country, then all the ...

Long believed to be extinct, Australia’s night parrot has defied expectations with its rediscovery in the country’s remote interior, Australian Geographic reported. Indigenous rangers and scientists ...