Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan fronts the team helping scientists investigate the lives of some of Australia’s most iconic animals. Koalas, fruit bats and kangaroos take the cameras into their ...

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 — ...

Here's the thing. When you think of dangerous Australian animals, your mind probably conjures up images of massive saltwater crocodiles, venomous snakes coiled in the grass, or those infamous ...

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 ...

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