Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But ...

Feral cats are an ecological scourge, wreaking havoc on wild mammal, bird, and reptile populations. That doesn’t make the impact of these rogue floof monsters on Australia’s reptile population any ...

A Chinese national found herself in a cold-blooded mess after authorities uncovered a bizarre reptile smuggling operation involving nearly 100 native Australian reptiles, many of them discovered ...

Trade in “exotic” pets from foreign countries is a global multibillion-dollar industry. Australian species are highly sought after. Australia banned the commercial export of all live native animals in ...

A Queensland woman has been fined over $20,000 after she was found in possession of a number of native reptiles, suspected to have been obtained illegally. Source: DETSI An Australian woman has been ...

June 25 (UPI) --The ecological damage done by feral cats is well documented. While previous studies have detailed the impacts of feline predation on birds and small mammals, new research suggests cats ...

The impact of cats on wildlife is well documented. Our feline friends are excellent killers and they are second only to us when it comes to the widespread decimation of species by a mammal. The ...

The latest update to the IUCN Red List, the global list of endangered species, emphasizes something we’ve known for a while—human activity is hammering what’s left of the natural world. According to ...

Deadly snakes are among Australia's most iconic animals. Now a new study helps explain how they descended from creatures that have come from Asia over the past 30 million years. Deadly snakes are ...

An Australian "joey" — a nickname for a baby kangaroo — is hopping right to it. "Jumping Jack," as zookeepers named him, is seen in video taking its first exploratory steps outside of its mother's ...