As climate change bears down on Antarctica, understanding why some penguins end up meandering so far from their natural ...

So when surfers on an Australian beach spotted an enormous bird emerge from the waves last month, they were taken aback. “It ...

Gus, the adult male Emperor Penguin, was found on Nov. 1 on Ocean Beach sand dunes in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia — about 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) north of the icy ...

A young emperor penguin has captured the attention of locals and researchers by arriving at an unexpected location in Western Australia, a long way from its Antarctic home.

Endemic to the waters off south and east Australia, leafy sea dragons are closely related ... It is not known if they are preyed upon by other animals. They are, however, frequently taken by ...

Blanche D'Anastasi, who researches the animal at James Cook University, said she believed Australia had no previously recorded deaths from sea snakes. Associate Prof Bryan Fry, from University of ...