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The story of Valerie, the dachshund recaptured after almost 18 months living on Kangaroo Island raises serious questions ...

A new study predicts that climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to disappear in the next ...

SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have identified feral cats as a significant threat to the endangered Carnaby's cockatoo, a large black parrot native to southwestern Australia.

During lean times, cats expand the species of prey targeted; and with the mice and rabbits gone, the report says, the only ...

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU), supported by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency ...

Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more limited. Reporting in the Cell ...