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Driver was delivering package to Palm City home when she was bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake near the front door

Scientists confirm three birds have died from virus as park authorities redouble efforts to protect islands’ endemic birds

Animals liberated by ‘unknown actor’ who cut hole in fence, as residents warned not to try to capture any fugitives

These beady-eyed, bulletproof birds are an adaptive species – and their lift and lilt is like a flight path that takes me safely home

A magpie with no beak serves as a terrible reminder that in our enthusiasm we can feed our beloved wild birds too much, too often, and the wrong foods

Match between the Giants and Richmond pushed back by about 30 minutes due to red-bellied black snake

Who will take the crown this year? That will be for you to decide

Around 71% of domestic cats are able to roam – killing an estimated 323m native animals each year. Conservation groups want nationwide measures to protect wildlife

Tulane university researchers accused of ‘serious’ violations that breached international protocol over animal deaths

In the debate over protecting native wildlife from domestic felines, one thing is often overlooked: cats should be kept indoors for the sake of cats

The pup’s owners were arrested in a Walmart parking lot on suspicion of animal cruelty and possession of narcotics

Ambulance service uncertain of the species that bit the man but says symptoms point to a brown snake

Russian and French sailors say main fear was not being able to finish their circumnavigation after cookiecutter sharks damaged boat en route to Cairns

Video footage of ‘Tripod’ shows bear taking food and hard seltzer from area next to a swimming pool at a private residence

Giant tortoise found ‘in distress’ in drainage canal by Louisiana animal control team after wind blew a backyard gate open

Local Aboriginal land council says at least six crocodiles have been found shot dead in the past two months

Search under way for two cubs after man shoots rare bear dead, reportedly telling police he fired out of fear

Discovery that most canids in Australia are not hybrids with wild dogs leads researchers to push to change policy and terminology

Converted vehicle stopped in Nebraska with gigantic-horned Watusi bovine called Howdy Doody as passenger

June hunt in Alaska that killed 99 bears and five wolves prompts activists to renew their call for crackdown on ‘rogue states’

Some swear off picking their own food after infection believed to be linked to collecting and consuming greens from bushland

Police fired shot at reptile, which was spotted in local creek and park, but remains at large

Return of takahē – large, flightless bird – to alpine slopes of the South Island marks a conservation victory in New Zealand

Environment Protection Authority believes a pollution incident caused the event and are working with city council to identify the toxicant

Breeding failures in the Bellingshausen Sea ‘without precedent’ as multiple colonies across large region all fail in a single season

The population of the invasive species seems to be on the decline, but experts are split on the significance of the findings

Fish fell from osprey’s grip and landed on transformer in Sayreville, New Jersey, causing about 2,000 to lose power

Brights zoo hopes publicity around unnamed female, who lacks distinctive patches, will draw attention to plight of giraffes in wild

They have milky blue blood that can detect toxins – and people in lab coats want it

Once a nation of cat-lovers, attacks on other animals and recovery in local fauna is reshaping attitudes toward felines

Shark control measures provoke backlash while swimming remains mostly banned at Nouméa beaches after fatal attack

The Asia native was found in Georgia, prompting concern that it could devastate important pollinators including the honeybee

Researchers find at least five wolves including adult female descendant of OR-7, first grey wolf identified in state in 90 years

Conservationists hope to tempt the subspecies from Kangaroo Island by planting drooping sheoaks and eucalypts

As the Australian summer approaches, my apprehension is both a daily shock and uncannily normalised – and I know I’m not the only one feeling it

Vets receive medication originally meant for people amid virulent feline coronavirus that has killed thousands of cats