Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only one species, the short-beaked echidna, which can be found throughout the ...

An eye-opening photo showing a red-bellied black snake entangled in netting has highlighted why laying traps for native animals can be "incredibly cruel" and even illegal, experts say. The picture, ...

A battle between a massive snake and a quick-thinking mammal was so tense, it was like something out of a professional David ...

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South ...