Animals

With distinctive characteristics, Split Fin and Bent Tip are part of an orca family that has thrilled South Coast residents since being spotted more than 20 years ago.

Lone Pine sanctuary has hosted world leaders, pop stars, and athletes – but its famous koala-holding experience has come to an end.

The group says it reported the distressed whale in waters off the Sunshine Coast to authorities but when no-one had arrived almost an hour later, they took action fearing it was "drowning".

Rescued dog Atticus arrives at the Lost Dogs' Home

Atticus the five-year-old staghound was found dumped on a pile of rubbish before being taken to the Lost Dogs' Home in Melbourne. He is just one of many surrendered pets that comes through their door.

Plenty of high-profile figures, including Queensland Premier Steven Miles, have been snapped cuddling the sanctuary's residents, but as of this week those days are over.

Artificial nesting platforms are installed at key coastal sites across South Australia to help the eastern osprey breed after the population dropped to just 50 pairs of birds. 

From filming in some of the most remote and inhospitable areas of Australia, to working with an A-list Hollywood actor, this is how the ABC Science team investigated what killed our ancient megafauna.

A PhD candidate urges citizen scientists to log sightings of the "mysterious", semi-aquatic animals — also known as water rats — so researchers can gather more information about its population. 

Melissa McDougall fears someone will be seriously injured after her son was menaced and her dog was badly injured by two dingoes on Broome's Cable Beach — the fifth attack of its kind in less than a year.

A genetic map of the bilby could help us understand how many of the elusive species are still alive and how to combat inbreeding.

A distressed humpback whale tangled in a huge mass of fishing equipment has been freed after a major rescue effort off the Gippsland coast in Victoria. 

The 3.3m saltwater crocodile that triggered the closing of Cable Beach has been captured and rehomed at nearby Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park.

Workers at the Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park relocated the crocodile to a new pen within the park

Changing wind patterns due to global warming are blowing shorebirds to new coastal locations, says Birds SA rare birds chair Colin Rogers.

Red-worm-of-trout can infect humans and other mammals when they eat uncooked or undercooked fish caught in fresh water and can be lethal to some animals.

Authorities have called for help to find a whale that was seen tangled in ropes and buoys off the Gippsland coast in Victoria.

A review has found the NSW government could have made more enquiries about the fitness of a brumby rehomer who was operating a property near Wagga Wagga.

Towering birds, terrifying lizards and massive marsupials once roamed Australia. How much do you know about our mega-sized past?

With 50 years of experience in the outback sport of campdraft, Kenny Boulton decided he wasn't going to let prostate cancer stop him from doing what he loved.

Scientists are piecing together a picture of how Australia's extinct giant kangaroos moved.

An adult Pekingese has won this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest after vying for the title for years on end.

When migratory birds return to Australia in spring they could bring the devastating strain of bird flu that has killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica, deeply worrying the people charged with protecting Victoria's little penguin colonies.

Using drones, aerial imagery, and 3D modelling to map and identify stingray feeding pits on the estuary floor, a study has found they play a significant role in health of estuarine ecosystems.

New video taken on the jungle floor in Madagascar may finally provide an answer to a mystery — the first "concrete" evidence of leeches jumping.