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More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones – spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia. Of these, two-thirds are unknown to western science.

Regional towns across southern Queensland will celebrate the centennial of Cobb & Co's final stagecoach run, the last of its kind in Australia.

Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull likened his research to a crime scene, minus the criminals and eyewitnesses. Now, he's using technology to better understand the fossils found in Australia.

An investigation found one woman, who was a taxidermist, acquired a chronic case of Q Fever while at work and suffered a serious spinal abscess.

The Brigalow Belt in Central Queensland is the only place to find the uncommon and enormous species of trapdoor spider.

The so-called trapdoor spiders are found only in Queensland and build “trap doors” out of leaves to prey on insects

The arachnid plays an important role in the leaf litter ecosystem, helping to control insect populations

The nocturnal species can be found burrowed inside trapdoors about the diameter of a 50-cent piece in the black soil west of Bundaberg.

Giant amphibian "Toadzilla" will join others like "Yuk" and "Bette Davis" at the Queensland Museum — but it may be a few months before the frozen specimen is ready for visitors.