During Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, wombats made headlines as much as the firefighters. In fact, multiple wombats were observed supposedly herding other animals into their own burrows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pet parents know how joyful an animal's zoomies can be, but so do the zookeepers at the Australia Zoo. Even though the adorable ...

Pet parents know how joyful an animal's zoomies can be, but so do the zookeepers at the Australia Zoo. Even though the adorable slang term was created and popularized by pet parents on social media, ...

Watch this incredible clip of a wombat rummaging through a camper’s tent! Then read our analysis of why it's best to avoid them.

The scene captures a small wombat sitting low in the grass on King Island, Tasmania, Australia. Its thick fur blends with the ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine more deadly Australian animals, defensive tactics, and survival strategies. People in Denmark 'stunned' by Trump's Greenland comments, former ...

There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam ...

A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in ...

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This animal's armor has upended a key law of evolution For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – were an ancient ...

A new study has found the koala population living in Adelaide's Mount Lofty Ranges is at an unsustainable level and could lead to starvation and death. Researchers suggest 22 per cent of female koalas ...

Many sharks in Australia have the same migration pattern as grey nomads. In winter, they journey northward to escape the cold. In summer they reverse their trajectory, heading south to flee excessive ...