The search is on for a quokka that inadvertently escaped Rottnest Island on a rubbish barge and is now believed lost in a Perth waste and recycling facility. A staff member at the Regional Resource ...

A man has been captured on a shocking video kicking a quokka into a wall as it tries to run away from him. The nine-second video obtained by WAtoday shows the young man try and kick the quokka as it ...

Tourists don’t have to work hard to score a photo op with Rottnest Island‘s quokkas. More than 12,000 of the marsupials roam the Australian island. They’re friendly with people, often approaching ...

Social media users who click on the #quokkaselfie hashtag are warned that searching for the images on Instagram may 'encourage harmful behaviour to animals.' 'Animal abuse and the sale of endangered ...

A member of a Hollywood dynasty has shared a selfie with one of Australia’s cutest animals on Rottnest Island. Eastwood arrived in WA on Monday after he was picked up by Perth billionaire Laurence ...

ROTTNEST ISLAND, Australia, Jan. 13 (UPI) --Authorities in Western Australia are searching for a quokka that escaped from an island on a garbage barge. The small marsupial, which are native to Western ...

Local police were patrolling near the Geordie Bay Settlement as part of their junior leavers’ operation when they saw a group of young males near Hydrolyte Loop. Police said a Mount Pleasant man ...

Take a moment to picture the cutest animal you've ever seen. Now, multiply its cuteness factor by about 17 trillion, and you've got the quokka. Dubbed "the happiest animals on earth," quokkas are one ...

While Chris Hemsworth smashed records with his quokka-selfie on Instagram, his travel buddy Matt Damon admits he is a social media “dinosaur”. The Jason Bourne star accompanied the Hemsworth family on ...

Tourism on the Australian island went up 15 percent last year, bringing in funds to go toward research and preservation for the island's 12,000 quokkas Tourists don't have to work hard to score a ...