Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans.

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Wellington - From a giant, bug-eyed Gollum sculpture looming over passengers at ... Glen Croy, a specialist in film-driven tourism at Australia's Monash University, said research showed any jump in ...

Known for their crab-like legs and remarkable speed, huntsman spiders are a fascinating group of arachnids with over 1,200 ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

They may look like mini helicopters, but Hungary’s giant wasps are peaceful garden guardians. Get to know these misunderstood ...

Strangely, sun spiders are known to kill, but not eat, ants. They dispatch the ants quickly, leaving piles of ant bodies ...

Cricket Victoria chair Ross Hepburn said Stackpole was 'a giant of the game' Sydney: Cricket Australia on Wednesday paid tribute to Test all-rounder Keith Stackpole, who has died aged 84.

At least two others were missing. By Yan Zhuang At least six people died in Australia as towering waves battered Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast over the Easter holiday ...

Visitors of all ages can enjoy fairground rides, interactive fossil digs, a dinosaur egg hunt, alongside the giant animatronic mega creatures. There are even cute baby dinos puppets doing the ...

Honeybees and many other insects pollinate flowering ... after humans arrived in the Americas. Australia lost all its large animals, including a giant wombat-relative called diprotodon, giant ...

Red bugs have appeared in large swarms across large parts of South Australia, including around Adelaide and in the Riverland. Identifying the insect species has been a challenge, but entomologists ...