As a vital stopover along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary supports the population of ...

This rare bird stands roughly six inches or 15 cm tall and weighs less than four ounces. Plains-wanderers have bright yellow beaks, legs and eyes. They have tan, white and black feathers that form ...

The night parrot, presumed extinct, has been sighted in Australia after decades. Conservationists are ecstatic as Indigenous rangers uncover new data about the bird’s habits, fostering hopes for its ...

Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.

One death adder that has been part of the Australian Reptile Park’s venom extraction programme for about seven years has now ...

A carton of eggs has become an increasingly rare commodity over the past 12 months as Victoria battles Australia's latest bird flu outbreak. Australia's major supermarkets have had buying ...

Australia has some of the most diverse plants and animals in the world. Overnight, 21 of those species were added to the nation’s endangered list, sparking “regret” that not enough has been ...

The death adder with a rare mutation was spotted during ... preying on frogs, lizards and birds. Unlike most other Australian venomous snakes that actively search for prey, the death adder sits ...

Conservationists are celebrating the rescue of a critically endangered pregnant hawksbill turtle that had become stuck on a remote island off the Australian ... around 11am." Rare sight in the ...

Visit the 15-acre grounds at the former estate of the late Walter and Leonore Annenberg, including nine acres of desert ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...