SYDNEY, Australia (CBS Newspath/Reuters/WKRC) - Five lions were returned to their enclosures at a Sydney zoo, after escaping early on Wednesday during an overnight event stay. A spokesperson for New ...

Australia is the most notorious country on Earth for deadly wildlife. The red continent is thick with venomous snakes and spiders, toothy sharks and crocodiles, baby-eating dingoes, and the cassowary ...

If Australia is renowned for one thing, it's the proportion of highly dangerous animals that populate the continent. The three most venomous snakes in the world are from Australia (with a few others ...

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Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have to queue. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

You might think evolution is glacially slow. At a species level, that's true. But evolution happens every time organisms produce offspring. The everyday mixing of genes—combined with mutations—throws ...

Scientists uncovered a rare toxic algae behind mass marine deaths in South Australia and warned similar blooms may appear ...

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 kangaroo ...

iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)-funded researchers have developed and successfully tested world-first roadside technology designed to prevent animal–vehicle collisions in regional Australia.