In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful.” Its ...

With their round faces, tiny ears, beady eyes and seemingly permanent smiles, quokkas have earned the reputation as "the ...

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 ...

ROTTNEST ISLAND, Australia — I decided I wouldn’t be like my fellow tourists when I stepped off the ferry on Rottnest Island. The tiny island, 20 miles off Perth, is a paradise of white sand beaches ...