Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are driving koalas toward extinction. Learn what’s threatening them and how to help ...

Australia’s landscapes are full of beauty, but they’re also home to animals with reputations few places can match. Some carry venom strong enough to shut down the body before help arrives, and others ...

The coastline of Australia is dotted with numerous shark nets intended to shield beachgoers from the ocean’s apex predators. But, recently, the equipment has ensnared an altogether different species.

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One of the things Australia is known for is its animals, predominantly, the deadly kind. While there are deadly animals in Australia, it’s important to remember Australia is the sixth largest country ...

If Australia is renowned for one thing, it's the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent. The three most venomous snakes in the world are from Australia (with a few others ...

Shocking footage has emerged showing a mother and calf humpback whale trapped in Queensland shark nets, struggling ...

Earlier this summer, the bloom had killed at least 9,000 animals across more than 390 species. By late August, The Guardian ...

The wildlife officer pops the metal lid off a can of powdered chocolate drink mix, releasing a rush of sour air that smells like excrement. Inside is a black sock crimped by rubber bands. Carefully ...

Feral Month was an experiment in 'citizen science' where we asked you, the audience, to report any feral animal sightings across the country during the month of January. We received more than 1600 ...

You might think evolution is glacially slow. At a species level, that's true. But evolution happens every time organisms produce offspring. The everyday mixing of genes—combined with mutations—throws ...