Wildlife crime may sound like something that happens far away in dense jungles or on the high seas, but it is an increasingly ...

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 ...

Wombats might be the only animals with cube-shaped scats, but there are plenty of other strange bowel movements being performed by Australian animals.

The Australian Conservation Foundation (AFC) conducted an analysis revealing that the federal government approved more than ...

We'd like to welcome this curious armless burrowing lizard into the New Species Hall of Fame. Despite being built for life underground, in the end this slider skink was no match for scientists who had ...

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 ...

Most people don’t expect a snake to have a public career or a retirement plan. Yet Lady Gaga, an albino carpet python living at Territory Wildlife Park near Darwin, has done both. For nearly two ...

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 ...