In Australia, the economic impact of vertebrate pest species is estimated to be 720 million Australian dollars per year. Changes in land use and habitat formation due to these invasive species have ...

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats. Tragically, Australia is the ...

Efforts to reach affectionate Ozzie's listed owner have failed so far Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife.

Feral cats occupy 99.8 percent of the Australian continent. Cats, brought by European explorers on ships, are blamed for the extinction and endangerment of numerous mammal species found nowhere else.

The Australian government doesn’t want outdoor cats in the outback. This week, government officials announced a push for cities across the land down under to ban pet cats from running wild outside.