Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected ...

When European rabbits arrived in Australia in the 19th century, they were brought in as familiar game animals for hunting ...

Mass death of marine animals in Australia caused by ‘world’s most toxic algae’ - Algal bloom killed thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see a large black spider on a piece of wood. Australia hosts a dizzying array of venomous creatures — including spiders, snakes ...

Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the pain is so intense you want to die. You've just been stung by a tiny Irukandji ...

For at least 3,500 years, dingoes have been Australia’s top terrestrial predator. And in current times, they are one of the continent’s most iconic but controversial animals. Dingoes hold significant ...

Australia's landscapes are full of beauty, but they're also home to animals with reputations few places can match. Some carry venom strong enough to shut down the body before help arrives, and others ...

More than 95% of Australian animals are invertebrates (animals without backbones – spiders, snails, insects, crabs, worms and others). There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia.

Australia's long-held status as a bird flu-free continent has ended with the discovery of the dangerous H5N1 virus in wild ...

Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, ...