Earth is teeming with life: creatures big and small have spread and adapted to vastly different environments. Many animals ...

The ampurta, a blond or brown guinea pig-sized marsupial, is distinctive for its short, fat tail that becomes a black mohawk ...

A sweet-faced, furry intruder somehow slipped into an Australian airport souvenir shop and recreated a scene from “E.T. the ...

Traveler Melissa Oddie captured a clip of the possum hiding amongst kangaroo plushies at the Hobart Airport in Tasmania, ...

Every couple of years, a new collection of animals find their way into the mainstream. It used to be lions, tigers, and even ...

The kākāpō is New Zealand's chunky, flightless parrot. They like eating fruit and making sounds like little tubas all night ...

A new AI-powered camera system could potentially make road crossings less of a nightmare for koalas. Scientists have developed a camera that can be incorporated into smart road signs to warn ...

Water is generally seen as essential for survival, and every living creature needs it in large quantities to stay alive. But ...

If you spend much time watching online videos depicting releases of rescued wildlife, you’ll find that most people are ...

Australian researchers are using DNA from these insects to detect rare and threatened animals without disturbing them.

A curious possum slipped into an airport gift shop and blended in with plush toys, turning an ordinary travel moment into ...