Dozens of Australian mammal species have declined and gone extinct since European colonisation – and introduced predators are often blamed. But evidence is lacking.

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia’s “gentle and ... cats are ranked a “high” threat to mountain pygmy possums. We found anecdotes that foxes and cats ...

But now we know better, for the extinctions are about to resume, and there is no doubt that without urgent action they will build into the biggest extinction wave of all. The destruction of ...

2 Mountain Pygmy-Possum (Burramys parvus) Mountain pygmy possum (Burramys ... but now it is confined to a few small colonies in western Australia. These tiny to medium-sized marsupials spend their ...

The feather-tailed possum or pygmy gliding possum (Acrobates pygmaeus) of Australia represents one of the smallest ... These nocturnal creatures inhabit the rainforests of central and western Africa, ...

In news media terms, Western Australia is a different country — in fact, a different century. Maybe that’s why it’s rolling out elections so differently than the rest of the country.

A pod of more than 60 orcas hunted and killed an estimated 18-metre-long pygmy blue whale off Western Australia's south coast on Monday, leaving scientists and tourists in awe. The pygmy blue ...

PERTH, Australia, April 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto’s first locally made iron ore rail car has been built in Western Australia, as it steps up its use of domestic manufacturing across ...