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Team leading South Australian search says risk of disrupting other wildlife has made it hard to capture missing pet dog

Central Mississippi Turtle Rescue facilitated viral reunion after pet Myrtle was brought to organization with injuries

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

While the election is ignoring the issue of Australia’s extinction crisis, volunteers and community groups all around the country are doing their best to save our endangered species. We want to hear about them

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Scale of environmental damage attributed to huge number of dogs globally as well as ‘lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners’

Zoos Victoria wildlife detection dogs uncovered the ‘bloody gorgeous’ reptiles in return for treats and cuddles

Nature will reclaim its place as a terrifying quasi-divine force that cannot be mastered. I find this strangely comforting

‘Everybody in the ecosystem benefits from gopher tortoises being there,’ says ranger at park where the animals settled

About 57,000 people participated in the Aussie Bird Count, with the lorikeet joining the noisy miner and magpie in the top three spots

Without the strongest conservation efforts, it can’t be long before the Maugean skate – and other marine living fossils in Australia – are wiped out

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?

A wildlife crossing across the 101 freeway will connect two parts of the Santa Monica mountains for animals

Wildlife groups claim the resourceful miniature sausage dog was sighted again this week. But not everyone is on Team Valerie

Donald Trump has singled out Australia for not importing American beef. But do we even need it and what will US tariffs mean for our producers?

Perhaps the most awe-inspiring of over 2,000 species is the amber comet, thought to only remain in Texas and Mexico

While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listen

The actor was an unlikely ally in this week’s fiery debate over an endangered fish – and is, an insider confirms, ‘very engaged’

Jacinta Allan shares footage of curious young male feline strolling on to the 6.05 service from St Albans

Pet escaped from her pen when her owners were holidaying on Kangaroo Island, which is famous for its native wildlife

US Department of Agriculture calls in university to help study decline as Trump administration staff cuts sting

Murphy, who lived to 33, took in a rock in 2023 and tried to hatch it, captivating hearts and later fostering two eaglets

Increasing run-ins between anglers and the ocean’s apex predators reflects a growing unease among beachgoers. But is widespread fear justified?

Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity

Activists celebrate move, but note that ‘a bull event without violence does not mean one without suffering’

Police are searching for four men accused of threatening station clerks with pythons before snatching cannabis oil

Witnessing near-miss roadkill on a daily basis makes me wonder if we can be better neighbors to wildlife

Hunter Wildlife Rescue started receiving numerous reports of sick and dead birds on Monday, centred on the suburbs Hamilton and Carrington

Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest

Meeting the energy needs of our dogs in a suburban back yard was difficult, but in the travelling stock reserves of rural NSW, our pack can stretch their legs

Birdwatchers’ thrill of seeing birds up close that usually spend their lives at sea is tempered by sadness and pity at the extent of injuries

Sam Jones, who left Australia on Friday, posted a 900-word statement questioning outrage in country where ‘slaughter of wombats’ is permitted

Montana-based hunting influencer flies out of Australia on Friday after home affairs minister said he couldn’t ‘wait to see the back of this individual’

Video footage, described as ‘callous’ and ‘pretty dreadful’, shows Sam Jones grabbing the joey from its mother at night

A bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard