In 2022, five animals escaped from Sydney's Taronga Zoo in Australia, but were the escaped animals: a) elephants, b) lions, or c) zebras? Listen to the programme to hear the answer.

Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and ...

Australia needs to urgently prioritize state and national conservation policies, according to a new study, with the findings ...

A puzzle box may be seem irrelevant to many animals. However, cockatoos in Australia have learned how to open rubbish bins to forage. The cockatoos have then adapted to solve new puzzles as humans ...

Why do researchers care if a bee can learn to recognise a human face? When we push animals outside familiar territory, we can learn a lot about intelligence.

Australia is famously full of such deadly animals - and this room at the Australian Reptile Park plays a critical part in a government antivenom programme, which saves lives on a continent where ...

Lead author Dr Patrick Finnerty told Yahoo News Australia there’s a global push towards both planting more trees, but also repairing corridors between reserves, so populations of animals don’t ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time.

Neil But, as climate change causes changes to the temperature of the ocean, it's changing the way that sharks migrate. Beth This is a problem; sharks scare away other creatures, such as sea turtles, ...

Monash University biological sciences lecturer Dr Emily Roycroft studies some of Australia’s most threatened animals and researches past extinctions to find lessons for wildlife conservation. She says ...

A Queensland man has been handed a nine-month prison sentence after admitting his involvement in a global wildlife trafficking ring that smuggled exotic animals into Australia. Picture ...