It's not native to Darwin, but a population of six-toothed rainbow skinks appears to be booming in the NT capital. Scientists are now calling for help to figure out if it's a friend or foe.

A tale of motherly love from the ocean's depths - watch the female North Pacific giant octopus sacrifice everything for her young by going without food to protect ...

Tropical mangroves shelter nurseries of creatures and protect coastlines during storms. A group of Darwin artists has ...

In animals like the noolbenger/honey possum, females are highly promiscuous, forcing males to evolve some impressive anatomical changes. Charles Darwin's work in natural selection was pivotal to ...

A powerful, elegant idea began to emerge in his mind. Darwin saw how transmutation happened. Animals more suited to their environment survive longer and have more young. Evolution occurred by a ...

Behind the scenes at the Museum's Darwin Centre, the Spirit Collection houses 27 kilometres of shelves filled with animal specimens. Amongst them are several specimens collected by English naturalist ...

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Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island will be connected by subsea cable to the northern garrison city of Darwin, a project backed by Alphabet's Google that Australia says will ...