Animals

Residents have reported seeing dead birds and flying foxes around Port Pirie for months. The EPA says lead poisoning is to blame, but it's unable to trace the exact source of the issue.

Feral pigs have been sighted in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, sparking warnings that urgent controls are needed before they become a persistent population.

Launceston's popular City Park macaque monkeys could be gone in 20 years, as a motion to restrict their breeding goes before the council.

Wisdom the Laysan albatross lays another egg this year at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii with a new mating partner.

Researchers from the University of Sydney undertook the task in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires, when they found there was a lack of data to be able to quantify the loss to the koala population.

A Melbourne woman has managed to fend off a tiger snake who'd hitched a ride in her car. 

From babies and puppies, to charity work and training, this is what the participants of ABC iview's Muster Dogs series are up to now.

Regional veterinary jobs are taking more than 12 months to fill, but a Riverland clinic has found a short-term solution to boost workforce and mental health outcomes.

After being driven to extinction in the area, these tiny brush-tailed bettongs were reintroduced to South Australia's Yorke Peninsula as part of an ambitious project to help nature heal itself — and evidence of their eco-engineering can already be seen.

Judges have already awarded the winners of a bunch of different categories in the prestigious competition. But now it's the public's turn to have a say.

Animal shelters say they rely on being able to post on Facebook to get thousands of animals adopted each year. 

Leg traps, cages and AI gel sprayers are being deployed against feral cats on Kangaroo Island, but the Invasive Species Council says it could all be for nothing without a change in the law.

News of dangerous animal encounters tend to travel very fast in Australia, but the sometimes "racist" victim blaming that follows can compound the mental anguish of survivors.

A snake catcher was "very excited" to see the uncommon sight of an eastern brown snake eating a fellow brown snake during a routine removal from a property in Wingfield, north-west of Adelaide. 

Byron Bay is known for its celebrity residents, but some of the town's best real estate is now home to a thriving ecosystem.

NSW Premier Chris Minns had asked businesses and homes to reduce energy use between 3pm and 8pm this evening as large-scale power shortages were expected across the state. 

Rahley the Highland bullock was missing for a week before turning up in a neighbour's paddock looking as if he had been groomed and brushed.

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

After 20 days on WA's south coast, a lost Emperor Penguin has been released into the Southern Ocean by authorities to begin it's long journey home.

After 20 days on WA's south coast, a lost Emperor Penguin has been released into the Southern Ocean by authorities to begin it's long journey home.