Australia's government released graphic pictures Thursday of Japanese hunters harpooning whales and dragging their bleeding carcasses onto a ship near Antarctica, calling it evidence of the ...

PORT STEPHENS, Australia — The ferry was late, but not because of the usual traffic. Sydney commuters watched from an idling boat this month as humpback whales the size of buses surfaced nearby, ...

Australia is home to a unique bunch of native land mammals, such as koalas, wombats and wallabies. These furballs evolved in isolation on this island continent and have become Australian symbols.

HOBART, Australia (AP) — More pilot whales have been found stranded in Australia, raising the estimated total to almost 500, including 380 that have died. It's one of the largest mass strandings ever ...

More than 160 pilot whales became stranded off the coast of Western Australia on Thursday, local authorities said. Western Australia's parks and wildlife authority DBCA said the whales became stranded ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia.

Only 50 whales have been saved. Nearly 400 pilot whales have died after they became stranded off the coast of Australia, wildlife officials announced Wednesday. The whales began piling up off ...

PORT STEPHENS, Australia (AP) — The ferry was late, but not because of the usual traffic. Sydney commuters watched from an idling boat this month as humpback whales the size of buses surfaced nearby, ...