Habitat loss, disease, and climate change are driving koalas toward extinction. Learn what’s threatening them and how to help ...

Hundreds of audio recorders are about to be installed in regional Australia to create the country's first soundscape, which can give scientists important insights into different animals and their ...

Australia's bushfires and other climate change effects are devastating the habitats of critically endangered species and driving the native platypus towards extinction, according to surveys ...

Imagine your home slowly vanishing beneath your feet; that’s exactly what’s happening to animals all over the world right now ...

A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and ...

A leading animal expert has described the discovery as a 'book of time' that stretches back 26 million years. Find out more.

A small golden animal with shovel-like claws swims through the red sand of Australia's central desert in pursuit of its supper. Over millions of years, it's lost its eyes, but it is still a fierce ...

Australia needs to urgently prioritise state and national conservation policies according to a new study, with the findings warning more than 220 critically endangered species are at risk of being ...

Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a sign of ...

Australia's most famous tree-dwelling animals are getting a massive new home: The Great Koala National Park in New South ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Koalas were officially declared endangered Friday in eastern Australia as they fall prey to disease, lost habitat and other threats. Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley ...