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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

Victim, 65, in critical condition as eight shark attacks have been recorded off the waters of New York in the past year

Snake dropped from the grasp of a hawk in the sky and wrapped itself around the woman’s arm, then the bird tried to retrieve it

Bear was not, as initially thought, solely responsible for all instances of property damage – there are ‘other Hanks’

NSW minister says the number of brumbies is too high and needs to be reduced to save threatened species in the Snowy Mountains

Spider monkeys, predominantly found in tropical rainforests, are vulnerable to extinction and were given to wildlife authorities

Animal, found lounging in a Burbank neighborhood, climbed over a wall and headed back after it was done relaxing

Officials at Olympic national park are searching for animal after attack on eight-year-old on Saturday

Laughing owl and bush wren among five extinct birds added to list of contenders in popular annual contest

State officials, vets and volunteers endured an emotionally draining day to rescue the beached pod to no avail

Honeypot ant researchers hope to identify compounds that can be used in antimicrobial treatments as western science catches up to Indigenous knowledge

The lumberjack-hydrologists of the wild can help contain wildfires with their elaborate dam constructions

BB-12 had made a habit of crossing highways to visit the wealthy beach enclave, but last Thursday he was struck on the 101

Letters sent to two accreditation schemes say pollution is contributing to the extinction of a critically endangered fish species

A cull has been ruled out in the wake of dingo attacks but authorities are faced with protecting what locals say are a ‘national treasure’ on the world’s largest sand island

Erratic behavior observed in some sharks could be result of them ingesting bales of cocaine cast overboard by passing traffickers