A small brown rat which lived on a tiny island off northern Australia is the world’s first mammal known to have become extinct due to “human-induced climate change,” the government says. The Bramble ...

Of the 388 species of mammals found naturally in Australia, 78 are listed as vulnerable, endangered or extinct in the wild. In addition, nearly 14 per cent of amphibians, five per cent of reptiles and ...

"Most people, including Australians, don’t know about most mammals in Australia," says Jack Ashby, author of the new book Platypus Matters . Reading time 5 minutes Eighty-six years ago today, the last ...