A massive, fierce dinosaur nicknamed Scotty has been dug from sandstone. Its leg bones are so big it is thought to have weighed 8800kg when it roamed the Earth

An Australian woman has found a lone kookaburra for sale in a cage in a US pet shop. Unfortunately, she’s not allowed to bring it home to its native habitat

We’ve compiled an incredible collection of photographs of creatures big and small interacting with the world in amazing ways. Which photo do you like best?

A heat lamp, a feather duster and lots of expert care has helped nine precious plains-wanderer chicks hatch and thrive, an important species-saving step

A rare albino penguin has made its first public appearance at a Polish zoo. Normally other penguins reject albinos, but this bird is feeling the love from its parents and two special friends

An Australian woman has filmed extraordinary video of a fight to the death of two snakes of different species, with one getting a big meal for its efforts

A group of friends thought they saw a massive rock on the sand, but we now know it was an ocean sunfish, one of the world’s biggest fish and very rare in these waters

An Australian citizen scientist has discovered three beautiful new species of disco-dancing peacock spiders. Arachnophobes needn’t worry: they’re the size of a grain of rice

Rainer Schimpf didn’t realise he’d been swallowed by a 15m whale until everything went black. Luckily, it didn’t like the taste of him and spat him out. This is his amazing survival story

Researchers from several Australian universities have determined the dingo is not a dog but a unique native species of its own

She was the face of animal rights campaigns and suffered from depression, and now, Flavia the elephant has died after being kept on her own for 43 years in a Spanish zoo

Scientists have rediscovered a giant bee, nicknamed the ‘flying bulldog’, on a remote Indonesian island after thinking it had been extinct for 30 years

Scientists have rushed to examine an 8m humpback whale found in thick mangroves in the Amazon jungle, a long way from its natural habitat

It’s a question everyone asks — why do zebras have black-and-white stripes? Now scientists have found the answer and it’s all about blood-sucking insects and protection from diseases

Three rare otter pups have passed their first hands-on health checks by vets at Perth Zoo, a big milestone in the international program to save the species from extinction

Adelaide Zoo’s giant pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni have failed to have a baby panda and will be sent back to China unless the Australian government steps in

An Australian study has found that despite having tiny brains, bees can learn to add and subtract 

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir has been banned from training racehorses for 4 years after he was found with electronic devices linked to animal cruelty and cheating

A new study of Tasmania’s forests found that the many small native animals that live there have a vital role to play in reducing the impact of bushfires

After a day of building sandcastles and collecting shells on a Western Australian beach a young girl unknowingly took home a very dangerous creature

Giant Australian steer Knickers is so big his story has gone viral around the world. Back on the farm, Knickers is just getting on with his job of coaching his herd of 20,000 much smaller bovines

Mystery surrounds the details of how long these strange creatures live underground and why they hatch when they do, but we know for sure when cicadas are up and about by their deafening noises

Pyrosomes this big are rarely seen, but this one put on a show for two shocked divers who watched it drifting by in the ocean. It was at least four times as long as each of them.

Mukulu, the famous giraffe who helped protect his species from extinction, has died peacefully at his home. We look at the important giraffe breeding programs all around Australia

A thrilling video of a baby bear’s big climb up a snowy mountainside is amazing to watch, but a good reminder that we need to keep a respectful distance from wildlife

With the 2018 Melbourne Cup upon us, we look back at the history of Phar Lap — one of the greatest winners of the Cup and a horse that captured the imagination of the nation

Two police officers have performed a daring rescue to pull a struggling kangaroo from the surf. They even performed chest compressions to save its life. Watch the amazing video

Australian scientists exploring the depths of the Southern Ocean off Antarctica have filmed one of the weirdest sea creatures ever

Trainer Chris Waller has declared Winx ‘already the greatest of all time’ regardless of whether she wins the Cox Plate to extend her winning streak to 29

Nikon’s 2018 photomicrography competition — photos taken through a microscope — offers a glimpse into the fascinating and unseen world of tiny life forms

A family in Queensland was watching carefully for a crocodile they could see from their little boat. But then they were surprised by a big, scary creature of another species

Insects are the latest food trend popping up on Australian plates as diners and chefs embrace the health and sustainability benefits of creepy crawlies

It was big, pink and very much alive and it’s been identified as a lion’s mane jellyfish, which can grow as big as a blue whale. Have you ever seen a weird sea creature?

A massive western lowland gorilla showed extreme care, playing with and looking after another primate who fitted neatly in the palm of his hand

After years visiting her in the Southern Ocean, researchers have got to know Mrs Moo the massive great white shark very well and have now taken some amazing photographs of her. 

Amazing photographs have captured the moment a humpback whale high-fived a diver in a playful underwater exchange. Would you want to be that diver?

Scientists have uncovered incredibly intact pterosaur remains. It had spiky fangs and a wingspan of 1.5m. Scary! Don’t worry, it died out around 65 million years ago

Teacher finds rare fossilised teeth from 25 million-year-old prehistoric mega-shark at the beach

A Queensland vet has performed a delicate feather transplant on a tawny frogmouth bird trapped on barbed wire. Now, it can fly again

It’s pretty and it’s native to Western Australia, yet scientists fear that this canny frog is on its way to invading Australia

Scientists are in a race against time to find new species before they become extinct. A group of biologists have just had a big win, unexpectedly finding a new Australian snake species

A young humpback whale calf already shows the scars of a tough life. Its image won the 2018 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest. Which photo would you choose?

Australian children have shown their commitment to the environment, writing more than 50,000 letters to politicians to campaign for labelling of palm oil

Do you think your dog can talk? Perhaps it can. New research has found 47 ways your dog is communicating with you. But does that make them smarter than cats?

A dog can be a young reader’s best friend, listening patiently and not judging if their reading is not yet perfect. Would you enjoy reading to a dog?

Rockhampton Zoo’s female chimp Leakey and her baby chimp girl are getting along well and Capri is going great guns, as new photos and video reveal

Does your cat or a pet you know qualify to donate blood? A new cat blood bank shines a light on the importance of pets donating blood

A usually sleepy town in South Australian is being overrun with visitors — of the feathered kind — as dry conditions make food and water scarce

Ongard has a big new job in America. To get him to Amercia took years of planning and a lot of money. Can you guess how he got there?

Max the old blue heeler dog kept a missing three-year-old child safe. For his efforts, he has officially become Queensland’s first honorary police dog

The world’s oldest spider, from Western Australia, has died aged 43. Scientists believe it can teach us a lot about how to live sustainably

Mice, rabbits, locusts and other creepy crawlies are invading our homes in huge numbers

Scientists have found 30kg of plastic inside a dead sperm whale’s stomach. It is just one of thousands of animals killed each year as our oceans become clogged with rubbish

It’s the end of an era as CUB’s famous Clydesdale horses hang up their reins. The much-loved retiring ambassadors gave Australians 65 years of joy

A hungry coast carpet python has stunned vets after swallowing a man’s slipper and ending up in surgery. See the amazing X-rays

Tourist Sue Elcock reels in monster fish — which is longer than her own body — while in Australia on holiday

Queensland farmers crack open giant egg to find another normal-sized egg inside

Meet Colossus — the giant and deadly funnel web spider handed in to an animal sanctuary. He will now help make anti-venom to save human lives

Orphaned piglet Maggie May and Daisy the duckling, who was also abandoned, have become best mates after both being rescued

It's 50 years since Skippy the Bush Kangaroo hit our screens, winning the hearts of generations of children with her heroics and becoming a global TV success story.

These two baby quolls have a big role to play as ambassadors for their species at the Territory Wildlife Park in the Northern Territory

Miniature shetland pony Andre doesn’t look like horses you expect to see hanging around at racing tracks. VIDEO