Animals

Mariya Samkova came to Hindmarsh Island in regional South Australia almost three years ago, following the most recent Russian invasion of Ukraine. Every day she is visited by Chornyy, the black Australian swan, part of her new and now permanent Australian life.

Tasmanian state law has the weakest protections for people relying on assistance animals, and discrimination reports are growing. Those affected say considering legal action to access public spaces and necessary services is exhausting.

A vulnerable population of ground-dwelling malleefowl survived bushfires that tore through one of its few remaining refuges in Victoria, but the remaining hatchlings now face a new challenge.

An expert has called for the marsupials' deaths to be investigated after previous occurrences were dismissed as being caused by a grass that can cause "staggers' in kangaroos. WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing.

The egg shortage is considered a possible motive after chickens were plucked from a flock of birds at a Hobart school.

The NSW government is set to remove shark nets at beaches from Newcastle to Wollongong a month early this year amid growing concerns from marine advocates and experts.

Selling crocodile eggs is an important business for remote Indigenous rangers who brave Top End swamps to collect them for farms. But this harvest has yielded fewer viable embryos than usual.

The collections include 99 per cent of Australia's native birds as well as exotic bird species, skeletons, mammals, reptiles stored in ethanol, eggs and frozen tissue.

Forty-two dogs were injured and one euthanased at the venue between July and September 2024. Club officials, trainers, and owners are calling for the "unsuitable" two-turn grass track to be converted to sand.

Sharks were thought to be silent, but scientists have recorded a New Zealand species making a clicking noise.

Wildlife carers in Perth and the south west have been overwhelmed with hundreds of cases of deadly illness in magpies.

The “surreal” moment a bird is eaten by a python hanging upside down from a gutter in Western Australian town.

Surprised residents in WA's north-west called in the snake catcher when they found a 1.5-metre-long python devouring an unfortunate bird.

Liz, who holds the record as the nation's most expensive border collie working dog, is adjusting well to her new role as doting muster mum.

Cousins Hayley Kruger and Elyn Andreasen have embraced pigeon training after picking up their passion for the birds from their "Poppy".

A new species of lizard, the Scawfell Island sunskink, has been discovered by researchers on an island north-east of Mackay.

The discovery of the Scawfell Island sunskink marks the second unique species to be unearthed on Scawfell Island near Mackay.

Vets and wildlife volunteers are nursing around 100 corellas back to health after the birds survived a suspected mass poisoning in Newcastle that killed hundreds of birds.

Thousands of small fish have washed up on beaches all along the NSW south coast and experts don't know why.

Next to Rockhampton Airport is a large botanical garden filled with thousands of flying foxes, and when the sun sets these creatures come alive and cause headaches for incoming flights.