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As well as the migration of flies from the bush, we can welcome swarms of butterflies, shiny Christmas beetles and ladybirds

Modern dog parks cropping up around the country have sophisticated facilities with a focus on socialisation and behaviour management – and pets can’t get enough

Native leaders ready for a fight as Trump calls ANWR, one of the last truly wild places on Earth, the US’s ‘biggest oil farm’

Testing found acute lead toxicosis as cause of death of two lorikeets, a honeyeater and three grey-headed flying foxes in Port Pirie

Exclusive: Yorta Yorta woman targeted in campaign by Barmah Brumby Preservation Group that included posters with racist slogans, Vcat finds

The word ‘probably’ will haunt this fish for the rest of its days – a deflating description for a cute, toxic creature

Teeming with wildlife under lush canopies, this area in Australia’s island state is one of the world’s most remarkable – and one most in need of protection

Oldest Carnaby’s cockatoo in wild lived to 35, with eight recorded living beyond 21, researchers find

‘Double takes’ as British Columbia mountain community tries to figure out how local animal came to don neon jacket

Gus gained 3.5kg during his 20-day stopover before being released back into the Southern Ocean on Wednesday

Climate crisis, habitat loss and poaching have reduced its numbers – but will Trump put the kibosh on protections?

Officers installed security cameras to get to the bottom of the thefts, and ended up uncovering a four-legged culprit

Terrier is a break-out star on social media after absconding from the second-story window of his guardian’s house

After a man surrendered his rodents, the shelter is grappling with a rapidly multiplying mouse problem

Connor Brackin, 24, reportedly quit job after alleged killing of animals whose wellbeing he was sent to check on

Eight of the 43 macaques that escaped from facility breeding primates for medical research are still at large

Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local waters

California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago

Conservationists demand action from Minns government after ‘alarming’ rise in deaths of female koalas and joeys

Australian-led study using seal-shaped decoys finds lighting disrupts ability of predators to see silhouettes against sunlight above

Jeff Landry outrages animal activists after importing Bengal tiger from Florida for on-field tradition

Antonia the ferret becomes first cloned animal of an endangered species to successfully produce offspring in US

Critics say amendment 2 is intentionally ‘open to applying chicanery’ and outdated hunting practices

Residents advised to keep doors and windows locked as police use thermal imaging cameras to search for animals

George Craig looked after the 5.5-metre croc for decades. But after the keeper retired from the park, Cassius stopped eating and went into ‘very quick decline’

Unexpected appearance sparks rush to catch animal in a trash can as it hides at check-in and dangles from wires

Reports of casual cruelty to animals during the presidential race are more about gaining votes than concern for their welfare

Family receives $300,000 after technicalities of a California county fair led to the death of their daughter’s goat, Cedar

One sucker is precariously attached to some flimsy reality – a wet leaf, a slippery rock – the other one pointed at the future

Ashes of 28-year-old female grizzly bear returned to Grand Teton national park where she spent much of her life

Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and seals

Researchers gain deeper understanding of bird migration in study that could have ‘profound’ implications for windfarms

The island’s birds are known for their different behaviour to their mainland counterparts – but it’s not clear what’s behind it

Agriculture board approves regulations, including ban on moving infested soil between islands, to thwart pests

Expert reminds owners ‘freeze it, don’t squeeze it’ when it comes to the parasites, ideally with a freezing spray from a chemist

Plant enthusiasts stumble across 2-metre long snake consuming egg-laying mammal in Marys Creek State Forest in Queensland