You might think evolution is glacially slow. At a species level, that's true. But evolution happens every time organisms produce offspring. The everyday mixing of genes—combined with mutations—throws ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time. Weighing ...

Sound recordings were deployed in multiple locations of a protected area, along with camera traps to detect night parrots.

Experts say that since the overpopulation of both affects native wildlife similarly, the country should use the same strategies in managing them. By Julia Bergin The Australia Letter is a weekly ...

The red and yellow mountain frog was one of 110 priority species the government hoped to save over the next 25 years.

But there’s also a more dramatic way to ride feral camels, one that like the animals themselves has been imported from abroad. Each year, more than 4,000 people visit the Queensland village of Boulia ...

South Australia has ramped up its feral deer aerial culling program as drought-affected farmers battle the pest on their ...

The feral pigs were lured into a humane trap by macadamia nuts at Glass House Mountains National Park. Source: ...

Residents spotted the animal peering over a fence in the affluent suburb. Worryingly, these encounters are becoming ...

Conservation workers are racing to protect a precious group of Australian animals after record rainfall in New South Wales led to floods that have killed four people. Since 2010, 500 devil joeys alone ...

Australia is the most notorious country on Earth for deadly wildlife. The red continent is thick with venomous snakes and spiders, toothy sharks and crocodiles, baby-eating dingoes, and the cassowary ...