Authorities hope this new step can help combat one of the country's longest-running battles with a cunning pest.

Australia declares extinction of the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), the country's last native shrew species.

It's not often that you lose a species for over 60 years, but that's what happened to this little lizard that has been coming ...

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating ...

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of ...

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study has shown. Australia has over 750 native bird species. But many of them are facing an ...

The European red fox isn't native to Australia, but it certainly does live there now, preying on native species. In an effort to help restore the ecological balance, scientists are experimenting with ...

The 'Peter Pan' tadpoles have voracious appetites for their fellow hatchlings and toad eggs. Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane ...

Greek migrants, along with Indigenous peoples, introduced the barramundi, an extremely popular and iconic fish in Australian ...

Naturalized species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, have the potential to spread even further to suitable habitats in many parts of the world, reports a new ...

The world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk has declared the Christmas Island shrew extinct ...