Tourist spot camping ban proposed after dingo attacks
Families with young children could be banned from camping outside unfenced areas at a popular tourist spot after a spate of dingo attacks.
Families with young children could be banned from camping outside unfenced areas at a popular tourist spot after a spate of dingo attacks.
Former Victorian racing minister Rob Hulls is turning up the heat on the Labor government to become the last Australian state to ban jumps racing.
A young girl has been airlifted to hospital with a puncture wound after being bitten by a dingo at a popular Queensland holiday spot.
Police are urging all boaties to wear life jackets after a man was found unconscious with serious injuries after a whale hit him with its tail.
The surrender of more than 250 labradoodles from one of Tasmania's largest breeders has sparked calls to follow other states and crack down on puppy farms.
The dugong population in Queensland's far north is thriving in a stark contrast to further down the Sunshine State, a study reveals.
A conservation group is urging the Queensland government to protect land with greater glider habitat after logging near a site where the species has been seen.
Dingo rangers, rescuers and advocates are calling on politicians to reconsider protection measures for the wild dogs which are often considered pests.
A judge who jailed crocodile expert and academic Adam Britton for the torture and killing of dozens of dogs said he had inflicted "unimaginable" suffering.
A doctor and father of three's final heroic act was to save his wife from being attacked by the crocodile that took his life.
The search for a man reportedly taken in a crocodile attack in far north Queensland has entered a second day.
A report by Greenpeace and the RSPCA has found 100 million native animals are displaced, hurt or killed in Queensland and NSW each year due to land clearing.
Considered a threatened species in NSW, the olive perchlet will return to the Murray-Darling Basin in small rafts designed to act as habitat for the tiny fish.
A crocodile responsible for the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl southwest of Darwin more than a week ago has been destroyed, police say.
The greyhound industry is in fresh turmoil with an investigation looming into claims deaths were hidden and dogs pushed to race at levels causing injuries.
As whale migration season begins on the Queensland coast, there is one famous humpback tourists will be keeping a keen eye out to see.
Police are searching for a child who has reportedly been attacked by a crocodile in a small community southwest of Darwin.
A Brisbane wildlife sanctuary has ended koala cuddling encounters following feedback from international and domestic visitors.
Galahs, flying foxes and magpies have topped the list of animals that have perished in aircraft strikes in Australia in the past decade.
A Brisbane wildlife sanctuary has become Australia's latest tourist destination to ban "stressful" koala cuddles after feedback from visitors.
Police have found human remains believed to be a 12-year-old girl who went missing after a suspected crocodile attack in the Northern Territory.
A bill that would have allowed crocodiles to be removed from popular waterways and encourage financial gain from hunting and egg harvesting has been shut down.
Cultural knowledge and new technology combine to help protect a Queensland island's unique marsupial residents from the threat of fire.
New research has revealed dingoes have kept their paws to themselves by not breeding with domestic dogs for thousands of years.
The chief of Greyhound Racing NSW has resigned after the industry's top vet wrote a scathing report alleging poor animal welfare practices.
A crocodile responsible for the disappearance of a 12-year-old boy southwest of Darwin more than a week ago has been destroyed, police say.
NSW's greyhound racing industry is again in turmoil as more allegations of poor animal welfare practices are brought to light by a former chief vet.
A parliamentary committee has thrown its weight behind laws to ban live sheep exports, with its chair saying the "time has come" to bring an end to the trade.
Posties are being attacked by cantankerous canines at a rate of 11 incidents a day, with smaller dog breeds named and shamed as worst in show for aggression.
More than 50 environmental groups have called for the federal government to reject new mining developments which would encroach on koala habitat.
A two-year-old boy has suffered puncture wounds to his thigh after a dingo bit him at K'gari in the latest incident at the popular Queensland holiday spot.