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More than four years after the Queensland's Environment Department was found to have no plan to protect threatened species, the agency is still lagging behind, according to the state's auditor-general.

It was April in 1981 when a party of four camped for two days and nights on the forested slopes of Mount Evermann, the central peak of Socorro, a volcanic island in the Pacific some 400 kilometres southwest of Baja California, Mexico. Their fruitless search confirmed their suspicions: the Socorro…

Penguins are about to strip off at beaches across southern Australia, ramping up the pint-sized seabird's exposure to predators, including domestic dogs.

Toad mating season takes place between February and April, with Cambridge residents being put on ‘toad patrol’ to help protect them.

The resurfaced clip of the 20ft monster great white shark known as Deep Blue has shocked viewers once again as people reacted to the female predator's enormous size

RSPB Scotland translocated a family group of seven beavers to the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve in January, despite fierce opposition from local residents, anglers and farmers.

Analysis found the population size and distributions of species had sufficiently improved to no longer meet listing criteria

Northam Burrows, Devon: This glowing bird is not quite sure what to do with itself, and nor am I

The Little Penguin had been attacked by a sea eagle or a dog when it was found with life-threatening injuries, vet says

Researchers from the Prince of Songkla University have discovered a new species of orchid, Aphyllorchis periactinantha, found at the Paribatra waterfall in the southern province of Songkhla.

Plan to triple size of Macquarie Island protection zone to shield ‘remote wildlife wonderland’