On the prehistoric plains of Australia shone a golden age for giant flightless birds. There was the "Demon Duck of Doom" that lived around 15 million years ago in what is now the continent's ...

Giant trees like WH1 in Tasmania present themselves as "a wall" when you approach them in the forest. Source: Brett Mifsud Australia’s island state is home to the world’s largest flowering ...

A member of the public caught and donated the giant arachnid to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. The zoo encourages donations to support its spider venom program ...