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

The Melbourne Zoo in Australia shares footage of the most adorable pygmy hippo taking its first swim in the big pool with its ...

"This unique behaviour had never been observed before, it's also some of the first evidence for paternal care in the species.

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This animal was once common inland but is now found only in the deserts of southwest Queensland and northeastern South Australia , in less than 20 per cent of its former range.

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Other Australian animals have suffered, too: Of modern-day mammal extinctions, mammals Down Under account for about a third, including 16 marsupial species and subspecies presumed gone for good.

They’re one of Australia’s cutest native animals. They poop in cubes. And they need a new friend to take them on walks – or, rather, waddles. East Coast Natureworld in Tasmania, ...

PERTH, Australia — A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a ...