WHEN Coffs Harbour birding enthusiast Ellany Whelan snapped a photo of a shorebird early one morning at Old Bar beach, she ...

The zoo, Australia's second-oldest, is home to over 200 species of exotic and native mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish. In 2009, two other pandas, Wangwang and Funi, began their stay at the zoo, ...

Squirrels and possums apparently think being king of the road means piling up the most roadkills for your species. Although ...

If it’s a dog-eat-dog world, and if nature is red in tooth and claw, why are so many animals nice to each other—and us?

Maryland blue crab and black sea bass, both southern species, are now being caught in Maine lobster traps. And fiddler crabs, whose charismatic males have oversized claws to attract mates and defend ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to protect the eastern hellbender salamander by ...

Every spring, more than 200,000 northern gannets — stocky seabirds with dazzling white feathers — journey to the coast of ...

Tourists have been warned to keep away from little penguins on South Australia’s Granite Island after its fragile colony of tiny birds declined by 98 per cent.

A major warning has been issued to tourists planning to visit an Australian hotspot known for its famous coastal scenery and ...

A new analysis published in the journal Science reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes – sharks, rays, and chimaeras – to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970.

Many measures have been tried and proven largely ineffective in reducing the roadkill toll. But, other evidence-based ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow.Depending on where the birds live, some of them may favor mates with a ...