The endangered hooded plover is facing "death by a thousand cuts" as rising sea levels and weeds originally planted to stop erosion reduce traditional nesting areas.

Experts believe this phenomenon exceeds the usual amount expected from natural causes and are urging the public to photograph ...

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

Until, that is, a certain bird appears ... resident of Mission Beach, a seaside community in northern Queensland near the Daintree National Park, the primary Australian habitat for cassowaries.

Wildlife rangers will Wednesday begin shooting 90 dolphins stranded on a remote Australian beach, saying the stressed creatures would be euthanised after attempts to refloat them failed.