The Melbourne woman was at Torquay Beach, south of Geelong in Victoria, this week when she made the baffling discovery. "It was washed up on shore and was about the size of my fist. It was flat and ...

New research reveals that Australia is losing up to three species of native insects and other invertebrates to extinction ...

Travellers are being urged to take precautions when overseas, although the condition can also be a problem in Australia.

Until now. Earlier this month locals and scientists were left baffled when one of the giants was found waddling up a beach on the Australian south coast. The adult male was found on November 1 on ...

Ocean Beach visitors in Denmark, Australia received the surprise of a lifetime when an emperor penguin traveled nearly 2,200 ...

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia has been released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach In this photo released by Department of ...

The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia — about 2,200 miles north of the icy waters off the Antarctic coast ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials ...