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 ...

Australia is home to some of the most spectacular and enigmatic wildlife on Earth. Much of it, however, is being eaten by two incredibly damaging invasive predators: the feral cat and the red fox.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Australia has announced a five-year plan to rid the country of feral ...

Humans have been turning wild animals into pets for thousands of years. Pets—animals kept for companionship, not for food or work—were widespread in ancient Egypt. In Australia, First Nations groups ...

Australia’s first H5N1 detections have raised concern for native birds and mammals that may have little experience with the ...

For a decade, a group of rare kangaroo-like marsupials have been protected behind a high-security fence. Protecting these brush-tailed bettongs at Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s (AWC) 7,830-hectare ...

Around 100 species of native wildlife are on a list of species under significant threat from the deadly strain of bird flu that arrived in Australia for the time last week.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecologists perform a health check on a woylie before releasing it into the wild in Western Australia. (Brad Leue/AWC) A rare ...

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living ...