Footage has provided Sydney researchers with the first evidence of a native rakali rat attacking an introduced rat species – the black rat.

A mysterious world of colourful toadstools, ghostly mushrooms and bizarre white "cages" has emerged from the gloom.

Echidnas are quill-covered mammals that are native to Australia and New Guinea. They lay eggs like their platypus cousins, ...

Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...

Incredible footage has captured the moment a 1kg native Australian predator attacked a 200g invasive black rat. The aggressor in the video is a rakali, a semi-aquatic native rodent species that’s ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has welcomed two new Tasmanian devils to the family this month. The zoo said for the first time in five ...

Native rats and mice don’t usually evoke sympathy among the Australian public. The common names for the species – such as swamp rat – do little to help.

It’s certainly a disaster with 14,000 dead animals found on beaches, but its natural disaster status is in dispute.

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 ...