Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

One of the country's most invasive pests is wreaking havoc on caravan parks in Australia's south, with photos shared online ...

An Australian man has died from an 'extremely rare' rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said on ...

An old film from the last century captures the life of what would be the last of a very common Australian animal species.

The virus -- a close relative to rabies, which does not exist in Australia -- is transmitted when bat saliva enters the human ...

Sydney: An Australian man in his 50s has tragically died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection, Australian bat ...

Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward.

Only the fourth known human case of Australian bat lyssavirus infection ends in tragedy. The case of an Australian man ...

Because the snake is native to the Brisbane region, Mark Pelley suspects it escaped from a passenger’s luggage during a ...

Ocean drifters once thought identical are actually several species. Genetics and ocean modeling uncover unexpected isolation.

The ferry was late, but not because of the usual traffic. Sydney commuters watched from an idling boat this month as humpback ...