Beneath the waves of Nelson Bay this weekend a band of divers will search the seabed on a now-familiar neon Easter egg hunt for the 15th Sea Slug Census.

Snake habitats are being reduced by urban development - and finding their way into suburban courtyards.

One of the state's healthiest koala colonies - and the last holdout of the animal in the Sydney region - is facing an increased threat

With no Noah's Ark to ferry these animals away, they're showing up in some unusual spots.

The billionaires have joined other business giants backing a start-up that makes meat from self-producing animal cells.

Although the gift may have seemed like an appropriate gesture, it has been criticised by animal rights campaigners.

There's more to protecting yourself than wearing an ice cream bucket on your head.

There are believed to be only around 100 white moose in Sweden.

​The world's largest nesting spot for endangered green sea turtles will be made over to stop baby turtles drowning and adults dying from heat exhaustion.

A new generation of poultry breeders is reviving interest a dying art as age-old practices raises animal cruelty concerns.

Chickens have helped Mark Killen change the way he lives. They have made the grass greener, both on his property and in the way he has viewed his world as a farmer.

Papua New Guinea may be one of the last refuges for amphibians as a fungal disease decimates populations worldwide, a Queensland academic believes.

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More than 25 million hens, plus millions of male chicks, are used by the Australian egg industry every year.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons is thrilled by a newborn calf born with strikingly similar black-and-white markings to the face paint he wears on stage.

More than 200 sheep have died after they hurtled over the edge of a cliff in the French Pyrenees.

The BBC reports the arachnid was the "size of a guinea pig", causing one of the men to flee in fright.

The world's first test-tube rhinos could be born from animals at a British safari park.

Officials said Xanda, who was 6 and had several cubs, was shot several days ago by a trophy hunter.

The population of one of the world's rarest animal species, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, has been boosted by the arrival of a joey - the first recorded in Queensland in five years.

Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organisation Panthera, received an email last week from one of his group's partners in Tanzania. When he opened the attached photos, Hunter said, "My jaw just dropped."

It was meant to be a harmless selfie, designed to highlight the plight of the endangered crested black macaque.

Incredible video has emerged of an elephant being rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy, 16 kilometres off the Sri Lankan coast.

Plants can't run or hide, but they have powerful ways to alter the minds of herbivores that try to eat them.

About 100 activists took part in the rescue in Guangzhou, confronting the driver and stopping the truck.

More than 30,000 whales will head north this year.

Cane toads could become even deadlier because of their exposure to a common weedkiller, scientists say.

Chemicals flushed down household drains have caused around 20 per cent of male river fish to have female characteristics, according to research.

Julie Saunderson sees her family's pets, a pug and two French bulldogs, as members of the family.

A Ballarat breeder is boasting the largest Dalmatian litter in Australian history.

The slate and red palm cockatoo with its striking crest looks rock star, but has musical talent too.