An Australian state has closed two beaches after surfers reported feeling unwell while dead fish and unusual foam washed ...

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.

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 ...