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Around 62 percent of the habitat of the Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii), a rare species of marten endemic to the Western Ghats, lies outside protected areas, and as a consequence, could be lost to development and agriculture, a recent study indicates. Martens are small carnivores belonging to the weasel and…

By the end of the year, Victoria’s trouble-plagued native forest industry will end – six years ahead of schedule. The state’s iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there will be no shortage of wood – there’s more than enough plantation timber…

NSW will host a koala summit to "refocus" the state's strategy on protecting the iconic species as environmentalists say vital habitat is at risk of logging.

Researchers have discovered some coral in the Great Barrier Reef — one of the seven wonders of the natural world — is infested with a close relative of the chlamydia-causing bacteria. So, is this bacteria detrimental or beneficial to corals?

Nurturing a forest ecosystem back to life after it’s been logged is not always easy.

Scientists have spotted white-throated snapping turtles in Baffle Creek, 100 kilometres north of Bundaberg, for the first time.

A new native "skeleton shrimp" species has been recognised by scientists after a fisherman caught thousands of the tiny invertebrates in the Gippsland Lakes.

Dr Emma Flukes is heading up a first-of-its-kind data portal project which will allow marine and armchair scientists to take an in-depth look at what lives on the sea floor around Australia.

England’s woodland creation offer has created only ‘pathetic’ 192 hectares of ‘natural colonisation’, critics say

A team of wildlife researchers and photographers has, for the first time, recorded and documented the complete life cycle of a rare Spotted Royal butterfly, scientifically known as Tajuria maculata, near Lakkidi in Wayanad.

People are being urged not to eradicate them due to their importance for dwindling bird populations.