Significant reductions in illegal poaching are necessary to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species. Current privacy and surveillance laws can complicate digital tracking of illegal wildlife ...

When a coastal carpet python was brought into a wildlife hospital in South East Queensland in August 2024, vets were confronted with something they didn't recognize. The python had damaged scales, ...

The northern quoll has been captured by a trail camera, marking its return to this AWC-owned sanctuary for the first time in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When people think of the animals of Australia, they’re quick to cite dangerous reptiles, like the giant saltwater crocodiles or ...

The reptile, captured after multiple attempts by experts from the Australian Reptile Park, was slightly shorter than a metre long and is believed to be a subadult female ...

Here's the thing. When you think of dangerous Australian animals, your mind probably conjures up images of massive saltwater crocodiles, venomous snakes coiled in the grass, or those infamous ...

Wildlife authorities have killed the leader of a pack of dingoes that mauled a jogger on a popular Australian tourist island in a ferocious attack that a rescuer said could have been fatal. Sarah Peet ...

Unprecedented Australian wildfires have extracted a heavy toll from the continent’s unique wildlife, with an estimated 1 billion animals killed, 10.7 million hectares (approximately 41,300 square ...

Wildlife crime may sound like something that happens far away in dense jungles or on the high seas, but it is an increasingly serious problem in Australia’s own backyard. Native animals and plants are ...