A diver has been flown to Royal Hobart Hospital after a 2m shark attacked him off Bruny Island’s Adventure Bay in Tasmania.
David Hannant
A northern NSW woman was bitten by a two metre-long eastern brown snake after it became entangled in her bike chain.
Emma Kirk
Another case of bird flu has been confirmed in the country’s most populous state.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A dead giant petrel found close to a major capital city has tested positive to H5 bird flu, taking the national total to 14.
Wildlife carers across the South West are urgently calling for a dedicated quarantine facility and greater government support, warning the region is ill-equipped to respond.
Madelin Hayes
An update has been issued after an investigation was launched into why hundreds of dead crabs washed up onto a popular Aussie beach.
Australia’s best-known twins have found themselves at the centre of a possible bird flu scare after a sick seabird was brought into care.
Andrew Hedgman
Zoos and wildlife parks in Australia are having to take major steps to protect their animals from the deadly new bird flu.
A cat is lucky to be alive after being discovered inside a dryer, where he had survived a harrowing ordeal before being rushed to intensive care.
This is the moment two cruelty-accused pig farmers are confronted by animal rights activists after their first court appearances.
Two mates jet skiing off the Gold Coast have become wildlife heroes after rescuing a distressed humpback whale caught in a rope.
NSW’s first H5N1 bird flu case has emerged in a wild bird, with more than 500 trained surveillance officers now deployed across the state searching for further infections.
Josephine Quattrocchi
A wildlife expert has revealed his fear for some of Australia’s most iconic animals with new bird flu strain on our shores.
Footage has emerged of a dangerous pitbull that remains on the loose after two dogs killed a small pet and injured its owner during a morning walk.
Officials have delivered a grim update after migratory seabirds across two states tested positive for bird flu.
Nathan Schmidt
There have been four confirmed cases of the deadly H5 bird flu, with three positive cases in Western Australia and one in South Australia.
Emma Kirk, Alexandra Feiam
An activist group says Angus Taylor’s vow to take up the fight to protect NSW’s brumbies from aerial shooting is little more than “cosplay”.
The popular beach has since reopened on Friday afternoon after a shark was spotted in the water for the fourth day in a row.
Alexandra Feiam
A woman who was mauled by a shark at Coogee Beach - losing an arm in the attack - has been reunited with her daughter for the first time since she was hospitalised.
The second confirmed case of bird flu was discovered at a beach in South Australia after a surfer encountered the sick bird during a swim.
There was barely a soul on the beach on Thursday morning after a shark was spotted in the waters for the third day in a row.
Health officials have given a massive update after birds tested positive for bird flu in South Australia.
The beach was cleared out in the early hours of the morning after a shark was spotted at the popular beach, one day after a great white shark was filmed circling the waters.
Animal disease authorities have revealed they have been swamped with reports of sick or dead birds and wildlife, amid the country’s escalating response to the deadly H5 bird flu strain.
