Animals

Rescued nearly a decade ago by his owner, Bruce the Brahman bull has since grown into one of the Great Southern's most beloved icons.

There's surely a reason we all went briefly nuts about a lonely little snow monkey called Punch living in a Japanese zoo.

When Scott Dixon-Smith started his career, his workplace accommodated his blindness but not his sexuality. Tonight, he will march in the pride parade with the help of his guide dog, Pretzel.

The results of a four-year-trial were obtained by a conservation group under right to information laws.

Conservationists hope a smelly plan to reintroduce Australian bush rats into a nature reserve in Sydney this weekend could help repair urban ecosystems. 

Just like "Punch" the monkey, this adorable baby was abandoned by its mother soon after birth. 

A campaign to introduce protections to native dingoes has taken its fight to parliament house, arguing that treating dingoes as pests is causing deep cultural and environmental harm.

Jeremy Webb's death in 2022 from a tick-induced red meat allergy is the first to be recorded in Australia. Here's what we know about mammalian meat allergy and how to avoid it.

This dolphin, spotted by carers near Bunbury, suffered what's suspected to be a serious propeller strike injury.

A conservation group says dolphin injuries are on the rise and that human interaction is likely to blame.

Thai authorities say tigers in confined environments can be particularly vulnerable to the canine distemper viral infection.

In July 2007, explosive detection dog Flo Joe became the first Australian service dog to locate an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Today, she was posthumously recognised for her military service.

As the firefighters packed up and went home from the recent Deep Creek fires, other volunteers were just starting weeks of work finding injured wildlife in the charred landscape.

Urbanisation has decimated south east Queensland's koala population, but new analysis suggests the decline has slowed in some areas.

The sound of a horse's whinny is created by the low frequency vibration of vocal cords combined with a high frequency whistle, a new study reveals. 

When their station's fragile landscape needed protection from feral goats, Calum and Belinda Carruth seized on an idea that has become a marvel of technology and pest management.

The six month old macaque's relationship with a soft toy orangutan has become an internet sensation.

Local conservation groups have worked to protect turtle nesting habitats along the Mackay coast for more than 30 years, bringing generational change for these "ancient mariners".

When Frank was forced to sell the sheep he'd been farming for more than 20 years, something had to change. His "experiment" is helping expats feel at home. 

The WA government announces plans to give local councils the power to require cats to be contained to owners' properties, to protect native birds and other wildlife.