Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for ...

An implant that makes Australian animals lethally poisonous to cats that prey on them could help save species on the verge of extinction. Australian mammals are easily targeted by cats because many ...

The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled a mouse ...

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Australia declares extinction of the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), the country's last native shrew species.

Experts estimate cats kill more than 1.5 billion native animals every year in Australia — including mammals, birds, reptiles ...

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Australia’s most recognisable charity calendar is back, turning up the heat once again while raising funds for charity.

The fires are ravaging already vulnerable koala habitats and those of other animals. An ecology professor in Sydney says it is probably the worst fire season on record for native animals. Australian ...