Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia. These ...

Numbers of some of Australia’s rarest animals have fallen by more than 70 per cent in the past half a decade, a scathing ...

More than 4,000 species have been introduced at last count. Of these, 3,000 are sufficiently out of control to be considered ...

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say ...

In George Orwell’s 1945 allegorical novella Animal Farm, pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed of Animalism using the memorable maxim: four legs good, two legs bad. In ...

An ancient turtle species faces a very modern crisis – competing with another native but locally-introduced turtle.

Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox.

It’s a sight to behold. Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson’s burrowing bees, ...

When it comes to native Australian fauna, birds have been among the catastrophic losers since European settlement. Some, such as the paradise parrot, have been wiped from the landscape forever.

A fluffy native mouse and five other Australian species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. According to the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia ...

In George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella "Animal Farm," pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite being surrounded by high walls, a cunning fox breached Melbourne Zoo's security. Source: Michael Dahlstrom In a rare ...