There are calls for an American tourist and hunting influencer to leave Australia after she filmed herself taking a baby wombat away from its mother.

“It started with a surprise sighting and that was it, I was hooked.". A wildlife photographer is urging the Queensland government to restrict the use of deadly Opera House nets, like every other state with platypus has.

More than 200 corellas have fallen from the sky, dead, after a suspected mass-poisoning in Springvale, south-east of Melbourne.

"We know what we need to do, but it seems like we’re banging our heads against a wall.". - UNSW Professor Katherine Moseby on preventing the declines and extinctions of more Australian mammals.

Most people in Australia know about the Gossamer effect, but few have seen it in person. These incredible pictures show it occurring this week in East Gippsland after flooding.

One of the world’s most threatened birds, the orange-bellied parrot, has migrated from Tasmania to the mainland. But only 18 have been reported. @BirdlifeOz needs your help.

Climate change is said to be scaring young children in Australia, and a leading expert has come up with a controversial solution — don’t tell them about it. More than 150 experts have signed an open letter warning this would be the wrong approach.

The rapid spread of a deadly invasive spider in New Zealand has sparked a warning to Australia. Not only are noble false widow spiders venomous, some populations harbour antibiotic-resistant bacteria on their fangs.

Towering above a graffiti-covered timber fence and a grim, boarded-up house is a natural “landmark” a small community doesn’t want to lose. They’re determined to fight a plan to axe 2 century-old trees that can be seen from almost anywhere in Thornbury.

This is exactly what you don't want to find while travelling through the outback. Another invasive species.

The 16mm film was digitised by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. It shows what's believed to be the last ever Toolache Wallaby in colour and black and white. Three years after the footage was taken, the wallaby was dead and her species was extinct.

An extinct Australian mammal can once again be seen bounding across a paddock after rare 16mm film was digitised by the National Film and Sound Archive. Dating from October 1936, it was filmed just one month after the last-known Tasmanian tiger died.

"Things can go wrong very quickly" - @drmparrott. Despite the bogong moth making a limited recovery since numbers plummeted 99.5%, experts are worried about the future of Australia's insects.

Black pepper is just the latest product to surge in price. As weather systems continue to be disrupted by climate change, Australians will need to get used to price fluctuations.

Once again, a dolphin discovered dead in shark nets set by the Queensland state government.

A shopper was mystified by a discovery in a Sydney supermarket car park on Monday night. Chris Williams was unloading his groceries into the boot of his car when he noticed a tiny native animal inside a hole smashed in the wall.

This picture by Doug Gimesy could 'embarrass' Australia over its treatment of dingos on the world stage.

The rediscovery of this rare hidden dragon hiding on an Outback roadside has helped solve a decades-long mystery.

"[Greater gliders] have gone from being commonplace 20 years ago to now being endangered, and on a very steep slide towards extinction. Still, forestry is attacking these rare habitats where there’s high density".- Scott Mackenzie, South East Forest Rescue.

Someone has won $100 million in the Powerball jackpot. I asked the world's best-known ethicist and moral philosopher Professor Peter Singer how they should spend it.

A $350,000 government splurge on shooting wild kangaroos in parks that surround Australia's capital has opponents up in arms.