Australia’s first H5N1 detections have raised concern for native birds and mammals that may have little experience with the virus. The warning matters because many Australian species are found nowhere ...

But an urgent concern is the potential for scavenger animals to spread H5N1 further by eating infected carcasses. The term ...

A captivating wildlife compilation filmed by Dafna, a wildlife photographer from Israel, celebrates Australia's extraordinary ...

There are plenty of disaster stories when it comes to invasive species. Here’s how the humble dung beetle flipped the script.

How two dozen rabbits released in 1859 triggered one of history's fastest mammal invasions — and the biology behind Australia ...

Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population ...

When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow? If you did, there's a decent chance the bird you saw lives nowhere but Australia. Out of about 850 species found in ...

In Australia, unique species abound – from koalas and kangaroos to wombats and emus. Now, the western laughing frog and a spider named for Tom Hardy are among the 750 new species recognized on the ...

A South Australian seabird has become the first native bird to have H5 bird flu, weeks after migratory birds carrying the ...