Adelaide, Australia: This "convention" of feral rabbits is a common sight in the "Outback" frontier country near Adelaide, South Australia. How does domestication change wild animals? When ...

To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags. To protect Australia’s iconic animals, ...

Researchers previously thought dingoes were distance cousins of domestic dogs, though still genetically similar enough to frequently breed with the wild canines, creating hybrids. However, recent ...

A video has been circulating of a woman taking a baby wombat from its mother. Here’s what experts want us to know about the dangers of interfering with wildlife, even if it seems innocuous. While ...

The Australian government plans to kill wild horses by shooting them from the air. "There are simply too many wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park," an environment official said. About 19,000 wild ...

For this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, celebrating its 60th anniversary, the Natural History Museum of London attracted a record-breaking 59,228 entries from photographers of ...

Conservation workers are racing to protect a precious group of Australian animals after record rainfall in New South Wales led to floods that have killed four people. Since 2010, 500 devil joeys alone ...

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild. By Emily Anthes Every spring, more than 200,000 ...