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Termites are likely to expand their territory as the climate warms and a new global study reveals they play more of a role in the carbon cycle than previously thought.

The Gouldian finch was once found right across northern Australia but it's now thought there are fewer than 2,500 left in the wild. Their return to a coastal corner of Darwin has started a grassroots movement to stop a Defence housing project.

While Irish people are complaining about the regular sightings of spiders coming in to copulate this time of year, spare a thought for the folks in Australia

There are no more surviving pilot whales following a mass stranding at a beach on Tasmania's west coast as plans to dispose of about 200 of the dead ramps up.

New research finds a correlation between docile behavior in raccoons and cognitive aptitude in a test that involves learning to use technology that offers food.

Over the last one year, the department has successfully reunited three elephant calves that got separated from their herds in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu

Mburo, a three-year-old Rothschild’s giraffe, is the latest addition at Marwell Zoo

Thousands of animals and plants are bought and sold each year globally as food, medicine, clothing and furniture – even in the form of musical instruments. Wildlife, it seems, is big business.

Monogamy is widespread among birds and it is well known that many seabird species mate for life. Famous examples include charismatic penguins and albatrosses which are often portrayed in the media as the perfect couples. But this romantic trope doesn’t tell the whole story.

In a move that could allow a broad range of insects to be considered for endangered species status, the state Supreme Court has found that California bumblebees can be protected under the law as a type of fish.

A physicist explains the molecular-level processes behind patterns