Animals

Just add water to the Channel Country and watch it spring to life. It's a silver lining of recent devastating flooding in the outback.

Bridgette and Paula Powers's in-sync interview about a gunman triggered global curiosity and countless parodies. Australian Story was filming behind the scenes with the Twinnies when Hollywood came calling.

Keeping the ACT's deer population in check requires constant management, support and technology, including thermal-assisted aerial culling.  

Two teenagers have been sentenced after they were found with about 5,000 ants in their possession. While they claim it was an innocent hobby, Kenyan Wildlife officers say different.

With an exceptional work ethic, intelligence and ability to thrive in various climates, the demand for Australian working dogs is rising internationally.

Dogs aren't what you'd expect to see when you step into an intensive care unit, but a study at the Canberra Hospital has found bringing therapy dogs onto the ward reduces anxiety and pain for critically ill patients.

The Department for Environment and Water said it was unclear at this stage if new penguin deaths on the Eyre Peninsula were linked to the ongoing algal bloom across South Australia.

New Caledonia's giant geckos are the latest sensation in the global pet trade. But conservationists warn their social media-fuelled popularity is putting the endangered species at risk.

A Melbourne Zoo tiger has undergone two hours of dental surgery, in an episode unlikely to be soon forgotten by those involved.

ACT government has invested $4.5 million in a captive breeding program to ensue the survival of the tiny lizard. 

The City of Rockingham lobbies the WA government requesting the temporary closure of Penguin Island to visitors in a bid to boost its dwindling population of the bird.

Ms Reever, the program manager of animal crimes and investigations at Humane World For Animals, says the process of "rolling" dogs generally starts at 18 months of age.

Footage of the yard, owned by German expat Stefan Stuiber, appears to show a dozen or so dogs bred from pedigree bloodlines tethered to chains.

Footage obtained as part of an international dog fighting investigation.

The sale of dogs bred from fighting lineages can attract thousands of dollars, while fights can be worth up to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, Dr Maxwell says.

Footage of a yard, owned by German expat Stefan Stuiber, appears to show a dozen or so dogs bred from pedigree bloodlines tethered to chains and forced to run on treadmills.

A sausage dog that captivated the world after disappearing on a South Australian island for a year-and-a-half has been reunited with her "euphoric" owners. Her owners made the trip from their New South Wales home to Kangaroo Island where they were emotionally reunited.

Valerie, the dachshund, has been reunited with her owners 540 days after she first went missing from a campsite.

A decade-long fight over a proposed sand mine reaches boiling point, as the need to boost housing supply clashes with concerns over a crucial habitat for the endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoo.

The tiny mammal's population was decimated by drought and bushfires, but after five years of struggle they are starting to thrive.