Animal Behaviour

Natural history broadcaster Sir David Attenborough turns 100 today. We look back at his work and interviews to capture some of his wisdom and endless sense of wonder.

Swimmers and surfers say they were given no warning before a 25-tonne whale carcass was towed past more than a dozen South Coast beaches, attracting sharks in its wake.

A dachshund puppy is reunited with its owner after being lost for almost three months, in an adventure spanning multiple suburbs.

Without a curvy upper beak to get in the way, Bruce the kea uses his lower beak to stab or joust at other birds in his social group. 

New research suggests that many dog owners are not skilled in recognising pain in their pets. 

A lack of hard data on platypus numbers holds back a Queensland-led effort to list the iconic monotreme as "vulnerable" on the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation register.

A decades-long study reveals hundreds of chimpanzees waging a violent and deadly conflict against their former friends in their remote forest home.

There are only about 250 regent honeyeaters left in the wild, and they have been losing their unique call, mimicking other birds instead. Conservationists say they are now successfully teaching young birds their traditional song. 

A diver’s first-person tour of a shark listening station in Byron Bay.

Little corellas are stripping trees, chewing on infrastructure and generally being a noisy nuisance in Bunbury. 

Denim-wearing Louise Stokes was swarmed by the biting insects during a bushwalk near Pemberton, and it turns out clothing choice can play a significant role in deterring them.

Piper James's tragic death is the third recorded fatality from a dingo attack in Australia. Here is a brief history of dingo management and interactions on K'gari.

The project's success largely relies on citizen scientists spotting a distinct white dot on the wings of moths.

There's surely a reason we all went briefly nuts about a lonely little snow monkey called Punch living in a Japanese zoo.

Just like "Punch" the monkey, this adorable baby was abandoned by its mother soon after birth. 

New Caledonian authorities ban beach swimming and resume shark culling despite concern from environmental groups, after a wing foiler is killed in an attack.

Sightings of Antarctic orcas in Australian waters are very rare. A tour group in WA saw what appeared to be a pod of Antarctic type B killer whales muscle in and steal the meal of a local group of orcas. 

Camera traps, GPS collars and DNA testing are being used on foxes at Booderee National Park as efforts to control the pests intensify.

A slow-moving sleeper shark captured on camera deep below the ocean surface near the South Shetland Islands is the first shark species to ever be found in Antarctic waters.

The world's fastest falcon has been spotted in Central Australia for the first time, surprising even the seasoned birdwatcher who caught the rare sight on camera.