Golf courses around the world feature picturesque water ponds as a challenging hazard for players to avoid, but scientists ...

Aims: Climate change is expected to have profound effects on species' distributions into the future. Freshwater fishes, an important component of freshwater ecosystems, are no exception. Here, we ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving. Just a few years after uncovering a trove of ...

A team of scientists led by Dr. Matthew McCurry from the Australian Museum and UNSW Sydney unveiled the discovery of a ...

Aim: This study examines how species traits and landscape features shape beta diversity in Northern Australia's freshwater fish communities, with implications for identifying high-conservation-value ...

A new species of prehistoric fish was found in iron-rich stone in southeastern Australia. Screengrab from Australian Museum's video What can fossils tell us about prehistoric life? The length of a ...

Sydney (AFP) – An Australian freshwater Murray cod has surprised scientists by swimming a marathon 860 kilometres (530 miles) along a major river system -- believed to be a record for the species. The ...

A small Australian town has been inundated with millions of putrid-smelling dead fish following a mass-dying event. The phenomenon is ongoing in the Darling River in the town of Menindee, which is ...

The world has seven continents, but do you know the largest freshwater fish in each? These creatures show the incredible diversity of Earth's inland waters. Let's get amazed as we look at these ...

Swarms of slimy gray fish are clogging up irrigation water filters in Australia thanks to a flood-triggered boom in their population. "#BreakingNews another unprecedented boom in class 1 noxious pest ...