Australia’s unique wildlife is being devastated by bush fires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday, warning that more species were headed for extinction.

Emmerson said wildlife teemed around ... “That’s why we’ve had Australian scientists down in Antarctica this summer, monitoring for signs of the virus in seabirds and seals near Mawson ...

The adolescent devil has been released at a secret location, to minimise the risk of illegal wildlife traders finding it.

Wild weather is the likely reason a crocodile was spotted on a Sunshine Coast beach hundreds of kilometres south of its usual habitat.