Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal ...

Under the cover of night, a “robust” creature with a distinctive hunting style took up its rocky perch in a desert of ...

The crest-tailed mulgara was re-discovered in NSW in 2017, and now scientists have released 19 individuals into Sturt National Park as a first step in recovering the species.

The night parrot is one of the great natural enigmas left in the world: a parrot that flies but lives in burrows and that's ...

Hyenas are weird desert animals that are capable of living to be over 40 years old and are known for their unusual features and behaviors ...

Desert animals adapt by eating water-storing plants or opportunistically feeding on moisture-rich insects and small animals ...

Baboons are the members of the genus Papio, found all over sub-Saharan Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. These animals are recognised for their social structures and belong to the Old World ...