It seems like every time researchers stick their heads—or their remotely operated vehicles—underwater, they find a shocking ...

Somewhere in the dense, wind-battered scrub of Western Australia’s southern coast, a small marsupial the size of a young ...

Dalmeny, Australia — Ecologists in Australia now believe more than a billion animals have died in the country's unprecedented bush fires. More than 25 million acres have burned since September — ...

The distressing new estimate considers animals killed in the fires and those that will die from indirect causes, like starvation and dehydration Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Some of the most heart-wrenching images from the bushfires involve injured koalas, kangaroos and more. But there are ways humans can help. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...

In a grim video posted on Twitter, a man drives into the fire-ravaged town of Batlow, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). Both sides of the road are covered with ash and lingering smoke.

A professor estimated this week that a billion animals had died in Australia’s wildfires. But where are these numbers coming from? By Mihir Zaveri and Emily S. Rueb Some 25,000 koalas feared dead on ...

Bushfires raging across Australia have left a trail of destruction. Over 2,000 structures have burned and 27 have died, including two volunteer firefighters battling the blazes. More than 18 million ...

Animal law is a growing area of study and practice because of the many ways in which nonhuman animals (animals) are used in a wide variety of venues. Globally, nonhumans, including fully sentient ...

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