Only 100 King Island scrubtits are thought to exist. Brad Leue set off with the audacious plan to find and photograph one in only a week ...

A baby glider in Australia survived a dangerous mix-up after clinging to the back of a cat, likely mistaking the much larger animal for its mother.

The endangered nabarlek is not easy to find and difficult to distinguish from similar species. But a research team made new detections of the animals that offer “good news for their long-term survival ...

By Liz Kimbrough Relics of ancient wet forests stretch across the coast of Queensland state in Australia. In a landscape made ...

Residents across Australia's biggest city have found their homes unexpectedly covered by thousands of winged visitors, ...

Australia listed a small wallaby and the grey snake among 15 new threatened species on Tuesday as it launched a zero-extinction plan for its unique wildlife. Many of Australia's species are clinging ...

The race to space continues, with the number of rockets launched increasing every year. Most of these send satellites into orbit. A smaller number are for defence operations, space exploration and ...

Introduced to Australia for fox hunting in the 19th century, red foxes spread across the continent and became a major threat ...

Parts of Australia are underwater. The country has seen three feet of rain in just five days, constituting a once-in-a-century event. The waters have wreaked havoc on communities, forced 18,000 people ...

In Australia in May 2026, Yang Zeng, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was unlawfully in the country, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Zeng was convicted on nine charges related to ...