Animals

Residents in the remote Northern Territory town of Elliott say they are at their wit's end, as bats roosting on power lines cause recurring outages.

This job is not for the faint-hearted. Krakatoa was 800 kilograms when he was moved to Townsville's Billabong Sanctuary in 2020.

The 5-metre-long crocodiles, Krakatoa and Boss Hog, are being billed as the largest in captivity in Queensland after the death of colossal 5.48m Cassius this month.

Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.

Something soft and cuddly on a bed can be a welcome sight if that something is inanimate, like a pillow — but in the early hours of Wednesday morning an Adelaide couple were forced to contend with a friendly, if unexpected, intruder.

A NSW inquiry into the aerial shooting of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park has recommended the practice should continue, but the chairwoman who led the inquiry's committee says the final report that has been released is "biased".

Dieldrin and DDE have been banned in Australia for decades, so how did the pesticides show up in tests on the bodies of nine dead birds?

Ash Barky stole our hearts as a puppy on Muster Dogs and now Queensland's famous working dog is tackling a new job.

Researchers believe their work could mean a "revolution" in surfboard design that is potentially beneficial here in Australia.

Asian elephant Burma had a warm Adelaide welcome on Tuesday afternoon, complete with a police escort, from Adelaide Airport to Monarto Safari Park. 

Twenty-four monkeys were captured on Sunday, a day after another of the 43 escaped monkeys was recovered.

Pesto — Melbourne Aquarium's giant-sized penguin — has entered his awkward "teenage phase" and is shedding his fluffy brown feathers.

Jamdrop and Florentine are the newest western quolls on the block, following success of a decade-long mammal conservation project in the Wheatbelt.

For 35 years American researcher Peggy Rismiller has been studying Kangaroo Island's animals, from snakes to echidnas.

Mary the elephant uses a hose as a tool at the Berlin Zoo.

Elephant Anchali kinks the hose to stop the flow of water.

After washing up in Denmark on the southern coast of Australia after a 3,400km trip the penguin, given the name Gus, is being looked after by wildlife carers.

Yemassee police say the monkeys were spotted during a search and workers from the research facility are now trying to "entice them with food".

Up to 100 million red crabs have begun their annual march to the ocean ahead of mating season on the remote Australian island, after dry weather delayed last year's migration.

The annual red crab migration begins on Christmas Island.