Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

Two explosive detector dogs who kept Kiwi soldiers safe in Afghanistan are being recognised this Purple Poppy Day at the National Army Museum in Waiouru. Dogs Yardley and Chuck will posthumously ...

There’s nothing like getting caught in a giggle loop, where the desire to laugh builds until it bursts out at a disastrous moment. Only then do we often realize that laughter is a rather strange ...

A tiger shark circling the carcass of a young humpback whale. A red-eyed tree frog plagued by mosquitoes. A Maori octopus selecting its prey from a huge ­aggregation of spider crabs. A grey-headed ...

Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...

Dozens of dolphins have died after a pod of more than 150 stranded on a remote beach in Australia's southern island of ...

Australian wildlife rangers are to euthanise 90 dolphins stuck on a remote beach by shooting them, after attempts to refloat ...

Wildlife rangers will Wednesday begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach after attempts to refloat ...

Wildlife rangers will today begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures ...

Wildlife rangers will begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would ...

SYDNEY: More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania, with ...