Reigning 'Dancing With the Stars' champion Robert Irwin revealed Prince William and Kate Middleton's children named a baby ...

Fossils reveal an ancient platypus species (Obdurodon insignis) that still had teeth, offering insight into how this unusual animal evolved.

A once-extinct marsupial has been released in Australia following a breeding programme designed to ensure its survival. The eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991 after ...

Beyond the majestic Sydney Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia is also home to some of the most unique wildlife. While most people think the country has some dangerous creatures, a ...

RSPCA Pet Insurance launched a new brand platform ‘We Know Animals’, following the appointment of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and Atomic 212° to its creative and media accounts last year. The new ...

The land of Australia is inhabited by some of the most exotic fauna that can be found on the planet, due primarily to its long isolation from other lands. Evolution has occurred in totally different ...

Last week, The Guardian dropped the news that this common, bright blue and black garden-dweller could be extinct within the next 30–40 years thanks to climate damage. It is quite frankly terrifying ...

Greater bilby numbers across six animal sanctuaries have quadrupled since 2021, according to an Australian Wildlife Conservancy census. Population growth has been in part driven by the reintroduction ...

With its ears perked up and its eyes scanning the room on high alert, a possum in southern Australia has gained popularity online after trying to blend in with plushies at an airport convenience store ...

Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal. Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift shop at an ...

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living ...

A sweet-faced, furry intruder somehow slipped into an Australian airport souvenir shop and recreated a scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The Hobart Airport in Tasmania shared a video on ...