A mountain gorilla named Mafuko has given birth to twins, a 'rare and remarkable event', in Virunga National Park in the ...

Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and whales show signs of stress or illness, it often signals deeper problems in the ocean ...

At 30, Katherine Best is already one of the foremost experts on the endangered greater glider. The species—about the size of ...

In the case of dolphins, they have the potential to measure skin temperature and breathing patterns based on the heat emitted ...

With thousands of feral horses gone since culling was authorised, Kosciuszko National Park’s fragile ecosystems are ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.

Sanctuary Manager Nick Stock spotted an isolated rocky outcrop from a helicopter overhead, and on a hunch laid down a single ...

Andrewsarchus is often described as the largest carnivorous land mammal of all time, but the evidence is surprisingly thin.

But when a heatwave occurs, the long periods of higher temperatures may be too much for some animals to handle. Tens of ...

A human head washed ashore on a Western Australia beach, leading to speculation that it may have belonged to a snorkeler who ...

Ngururrpa Country teams identified the night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) using acoustic sensors and Indigenous knowledge ...

After years of no sightings, “it was a fantastic surprise!” said wildlife ecologist Helena Stokes on the remarkable rediscovery.