Animal welfare group the RSPCA has renewed calls for an end to duck hunting in South Australia after the government announced dates for the 2022 hunting season.
Tim Dornin
Scientists say climate change is heating the shallow coastal nurseries baby sharks depend on for survival and evolution might be too slow to save them.
Tracey Ferrier
After decades of effort, numbers of the North Island brown kiwi are finally increasing, delighting New Zealand's conservationists.
Ben McKay
A zebra baby boom is in full swing at Victoria's Werribee Open Range Zoo, with the facility welcoming its fourth foal in 12 months and first colt in four years.
Callum Godde
A misconception that rabbits and guinea pigs are low-maintenance and rising dog breeder prices are behind a spike in pocket pet surrenders at animal shelters.
Emily Woods
A WA couple have been sentenced over the animal cruelty of two dogs, who have been described by the RSPCA WA as some of the skinniest dogs they’ve ever seen.
Amber Wilkinson
Twin panda cubs have made their first public appearance at a Tokyo zoo.
Mari Yamaguchi
A wetland on the Murrumbidgee River has been brought to life digitally through an interactive website which shows the impact of environmental flows.
Liv Casben
An endangered species of wren in northern Australia may be saving itself by mating out of season, scientists have discovered.
Katelyn Catanzariti
A woman in the US suspected of driving under the influence hit a deer, put it alive in the boot of her car and continued driving, only to be stopped by police.
AAP
A Malayan tiger has been shot dead after grabbing the arm of a man who was either feeding or petting it at a Florida zoo
A pygmy hippo calf has died suddenly at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, only a month after she was born in what keepers lauded as an important moment for the species.
Tiffanie Turnbull
The animals at Sydney's Taronga Zoo have been enjoying edible festive wreaths and a winter wonderland as an early Christmas treat.
Feeling like you need a boost this Wednesday? These adorable images captured at Perth Zoo should do the trick.
Staff Writers
Inadvertently trapped family pets, often needing limbs amputated, have prompted a reminder from the RSPCA about the penalties of using illegal animal traps.
Karen Sweeney
Koala scat and a squawk-like sound they make during mating season are among the clues researchers will be hunting for as they count koalas in NSW.
Hannah Ryan
Sea Life Sydney Aquarium has welcomed a new gentoo penguin chick, Charlie, ahead of Christmas.
The NSW government and Koala Conservation Australia have purchased almost 200 hectares of koala habitat to help double the species' population by 2050.
Gina Rushton
Pets should be vaccinated against COVID-19, new research has warned — or they could become ‘reservoirs’ for the virus.
Charlotte Elton
Specialist Victorian firefighters have rescued two dogs from mineshafts in separate incidents in the same week.
Fox baiting will be conducted in northeast Victoria to assist one of the state's most threatened marsupials in their recovery from the Black Summer bushfires.
A Victorian man has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted to using dogs to hunt and kill native wildlife over a 21-month period.
A British man has described being attacked by a pack of about 20 wild otters that trampled him to the ground in Singapore's Botanic Gardens.
Chen Lin
A newly discovered skink species in Southland's Mataura Range and a gecko in Nelson Lakes National Park have delighted New Zealand conservationists.
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