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Komodo Dragon doesn't slay by venom alone
A new study has shown that the effectiveness of the Komodo Dragon bite is a combination of highly specialized serrated teeth and venom. The authors also dismiss the widely accepted theory that prey die...
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Culling not the answer in fight to save devil
The Tasmanian Devil is a unique animal, claiming the title of the world's largest surviving marsupial carnivore after the extinction of the Tasmanian tiger. Its survival is being threatened by an...
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Natural history treasures return to Australia
A rare collection of 210-year-old natural history drawings will shortly go on display at the State Library of NSW.The collection of 741 exquisite natural history drawings and watercolours – many...
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Donate to the Sahar Dimus appeal
Christmas is a time for families, and - sadly - this Christmas there are two members of the CFZ family who will be missing, leaving a widowed spouse and young children. Within the last few weeks Sahar...
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Dean Harrison talks about his terrifying yowie encounter
Australian Yowie Research's Dean Harrison gave this interview to CFZ Australia's Mike Williams about his unusual Yowie encounter.
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On the Track - Episode 52
It's here - the last one for the year!And for those who love a dash of Monkees with their monkeys, or rather, mystery apes, you'll be very entertained! I must confess to being a fan of both :-)So here...
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Thylacine exhibition the jewel in new museum's crown
Artefacts from the days when Thylacines still called Tasmania home form the centre piece of a revamped museum in Swansea, Tasmania.Labor member for Lyons, Rebecca White MP, tonight praised the...
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Scientists save Tasmanian Devil eggs, sperm
The eggs and sperm of Tasmanian devils have been collected and frozen for the first time by scientists at Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo, in NSW, according to The Age.With the species threatened...
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Tiger mascot puts on a grrrrreat show
Well here's something you don't see every day - and for those intrigued by the legendary 'American troop mascot theory' often mentioned in Australian big cat lore, it's quite a treat to see an actual...
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Are modern-day monsters just primal memories?
Bigfoot. Werewolves. Vampires. Succubi. Water monsters. Dragons. Are they merely all embroidered primal memories, part of an innate 'predator identification' system that keeps modern humans hyper...
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Thylacine continues to be a frustrating mystery
Wired.com has an interesting essay on the Thylacine entitled Not a Wolf but a Tiger."Thylacinus cynocephalus goes by a few different names – the marsupial wolf, the Tasmanian tiger, or, simply, the...
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Cane toads invading Sydney
The Daily Telegraph has a great story about the steady southern migration of the Cane Toad, an introduced and highly destructive creature that is now turning up all over Sydney - a long way from where...
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The cheeky fox and the yowie men
If you spend enough time in the Australian bush you'll see all kinds of animals - many of them not native. This very tame - or game - fox made friends with some Canberra yowie hunters and visited their...
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Platypus pays the price for litterbugs
Why pollution and wildlife in Australia don't mix well.This small, perfectly formed platypus was found dead in a creek by a Richmond, NSW resident, the second platypus to be discovered dead in the...
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Cut the Devil some slack for Christmas
The folk at the Devil Ark are looking for help in supporting their 90 endangered charges.Almost a year after it was established on a 500hectare site in the Upper Hunter, the ark is playing a vital role...
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Facial tumour disease spreads in Tasmania
The deadly facial tumour cancer plaguing the Tasmanian Devil has been found in an area thought to be free of the disease.The disease has been confirmed across more than 60 percent of Tasmania, but it...
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Yowie may have been 'most wanted' fugitive
One for the 'Hmmmmmm' files...Bush fugitive Malcolm Naden (pictured below) may have been as far east as Mount George in August 2009 when two women saw what they believed was a "yowie" on Nowendoc Road,...
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Revisiting the Mt George Yowie
A sketch of the hairy creature the women saw.Yesterday we brought you the story of a potential case of mistaken identity involving the 2009 yowie sighting at Mt George, NSW.The witnesses recreate what...
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