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Woman was reported to have just gotten married and the man paddleboarding with her as her groom

The Great Pyrenees from Decatur, Georgia, defended his flock of sheep by killing eight coyotes and is up for a $5,000 cash prize

The animal escaped handlers during a rest stop in Ontario while being transported to a zoo in Quebec

New Zealand’s national icon is also one of its most vulnerable birds and conservationists believe it was absent from capital for generations

The threatened bird index reveals largest declines were in Queensland and South Australia

Major wildfires in 2014 and 2015 killed a multitudinous number and destroyed vast swaths of their natural territory

Use of cattle from country free of mad cow disease means product is safe, experts say, and patients can still donate blood

The Eurasian eagle owl has been living in Central Park since escaping the zoo, and just returned from a Lower East Side visit

Local celebrity spent weeks outwitting animal control officers and was praised by residents of West Orange for bringing ‘town together’

A sea of rats has been washing up dead on the beach, with others scurrying across boat ramps into garden sheds and homes

Ecologist Stephen Williams says tropics ‘at a real risk of losing the very things it was made a world heritage area to protect’

Zoo says it is caring for the 25th and 26th kittens to end up rescued there, and calls for more wildlife crossings

Dingo lovers seek a political response to new understanding of a carnivore considered kin by First Nations people and villain by many farmers

Finney the jack russell terrier had survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner when he died on a mountain hike

Flinders University palaeontologists use new details about ancient raptors to paint a more complete picture of Pleistocene-era Australia

Annual competition inundated with a record number of votes after comedian took the Australasian crested grebe under his wing

Officials have hired an exterminator to kill the city’s most notorious residents by gassing their burrows

Experts warn Melbourne and Sydney gardeners to look out for the species, commonly referred to as the cabbage moth, which has flourished this year

Amber Harris woke to the sound of what she thought was somebody breaking into her car but found a tired southern elephant seal

Draft of animal care and protection act may make Victoria first state to explicitly recognise animal sentience

‘My two precious pythons have been safely returned to me,’ the woman wrote on social media

Our feline friends kill more than 300 million native animals a year. Can we keep them and protect our wildlife too?

In response to the attack, local officials have been putting up warning signs about not feeding elk in local communities

Woman rushed to Flinders Medical Centre with serious injuries after incident near Adelaide

Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have been on loan to US from China for more than two decades and are being transported with their cub

Bedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions after Covid-19 pandemic they’re back

Experts point to social and animal harms and the cost-of-living crisis – and say for younger generations, the cup is ‘just not cool anymore’

Officials remind residents of rules and say non-native Argentine black and white tegus can pose threat to wildlife and people

A man on a motorcycle was injured when the camper van braked suddenly to go around the roaming arachnid

American Ornithological Society to change names referencing people or deemed offensive for ones that better describe species

Lawrence Faucette, who had terminal heart disease, received a pig heart genetically altered to be compatible with humans

Money is finite and my buffer is waning. I have one big bill left in me and then I’ll have to stop

Hope the purloined pooch was returned to Jeannine Staller after she was told by Scott Casterline that her dog was dead

Snakes Bagel and Mango are used to a much warmer climate than found in Coogee and owner is ‘scared for their safety’

The ‘bloody big’ bird wanders through train stations, front yards and past windows. And his Moreton Bay fanbase love it

California otter known for harassing Santa Cruz surfers and eluding capture seen floating with her baby lying on her belly