SYDNEY, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have identified feral cats as a significant threat to the endangered Carnaby's cockatoo, a large black parrot native to southwestern Australia.

Researchers in Australia have pinpointed feral cats as a major danger to the endangered Carnaby's cockatoo, a striking large ...

The ongoing costs of Western Australia’s hottest ever summer in 2023-2024, immediately followed by Perth’s eighth-driest ever ...

Cats are not villains. But they are hunters, and through no fault of their own they take an enormous toll on the world’s wildlife. They pose an especially acute threat in Australia, which has no ...

Evolution acts over millennia. But given the right conditions, it can also work surprisingly rapidly. Australia’s isolation produced our distinctive animals. But until recently in a geological sense, ...

Australia's cat problem. Cats were introduced to Australia by European settlers in the 18th century and quickly spread across the country, establishing wild populations entirely independent of humans.

Feral cats have long been suspects in killing native species reintroduced into Australian conservation areas. DNA testing of the carcasses puts felines firmly in the frame.

Trail cameras monitoring “feral” cats at Bowra Sanctuary recorded the park’s first sighting of a brushtail possum in a decade, photos show. Photo from the Australian Wildlife Conservancy ...

A controversial proposal to pay hunters $20 for each feral animal they kill in regional New South Wales has ignited a political firestorm.. NSW Premier Chris Minns on Tuesday floated the idea as a ...