Eucalypt tree species are preparing for a mass blossoming that may all but guarantee a critically-endangered bird species' ...

For the next three months, a lucky few will be rewarded with an extremely rare sight in two Australian states. One of the world’s most threatened birds has migrated from Tasmania to Victoria and South ...

The vagrant kelp gull mated with a local herring gull, though the chick did not survive. Experts say it's a "complete mystery" how the bird came to nest so far north in the first place ...

The snake was found as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport, according to snake ...

Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

In a significant discovery that reveals New Zealand’s epic biodiversity, researchers identified a 19-million-year-old ...

A 19-million-year-old currawong fossil found in New Zealand sheds light on the ancient birdlife that once thrived in the ...

Learn more about some recent rare animal encounters from around the world: ...

Lansing police responded to the 1200 block of Reo Road about 2:15 p.m. June 26, after a citizen reported a loose animal, a ...

A mom and child narrowly escaped two cassowaries in Australia on May 9, leading Australian officials to warn people not to ...

For many New Zealanders, the Australian magpie is a familiar, if sometimes vexing, sight. Introduced from Australia in the ...

Animal experts said the two cassowaries were a parent child pair, too, a father and son who had been “habituated” – that is ...