Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia. These ...

Pigs, camels, rabbits and many others were brought to Australia deliberately as valuable species. But we see them very ...

Significant reductions in illegal poaching are necessary to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species. Current privacy and surveillance laws can complicate digital tracking of illegal wildlife ...

In George Orwell's 1945 allegorical novella "Animal Farm," pigs coach the other revolutionary farm animals in their new creed ...

If you had to pick the countries where invasive species pose the biggest problems, you probably wouldn’t think of Australia.

It’s a sight to behold. Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson’s burrowing bees, ...

Numbers of some of Australia’s rarest animals have fallen by more than 70 per cent in the past half a decade, a scathing ...

Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say ...

Each spring, thousands of solitary bees (Amegilla dawsoni), also known as Dawson's burrowing bees, emerge from burrows scattered across Western Australia's arid plains. These bees ...

Humans have been turning wild animals into pets for thousands of years. Pets – animals kept for companionship, not for food or work – were widespread in ancient Egypt. In Australia, First Nations ...

Australian authorities have disrupted an alleged wildlife trafficking syndicate, uncovering a clandestine operation where ...