PEOPLE magazine is on the search for the World’s Cutest Dog. The magazine has partnered with Pedigree for the eighth year in ...

When it comes to unique animals, few are as bewildering as the platypus. Found exclusively in eastern Australia, this ...

Australia has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – have been rediscovered.

Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits The continent was teeming with enormous kangaroos, wombats, and tapir-like marsupials only 50,000 years ago.

The fires are ravaging already vulnerable koala habitats and those of other animals. An ecology professor in Sydney says it is probably the worst fire season on record for native animals.

Animals' strange behaviors frequently made headlines this year, from orcas sinking boats to dogs drowning kangaroos.

In Jordan and Pakistan, animals are pushed to exhaustion in extreme heat, often with untreated wounds. Greyhound Racing – United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia Credit: flickr ...

These 1,000-pound creatures travel in large herds and can smell water miles away. Now, the race is on to stop them from inundating Australia’s fragile ecosystems—one camel burger at a time.

Australian animals take cameras into their secret world. Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan fronts the team helping scientists investigate the lives of some of Australia’s most iconic animals ...

Animals come in all shapes and sizes, and many have iconic features that make them memorable. From the long necks of giraffes to the oddly shaped heads of hammerhead sharks, here's how 10 ...

Australia is a world away from the United States. Ask a typical American for details about Australia, and he or she may recollect three familiar items: sheep, kangaroos, or rabbits. Today, Australi… ...