A five-year-old southern elephant seal has turned southeast Tasmania into his personal playground, charming millions of fans ...

Large, potentially dangerous animals in some cases have to be euthanised if there is risky behaviour by the public, wildlife official says ...

The amendments, which include an increase in the maximum custodial sentence for aggravated cruelty from 18 months to five years, last night passed the Legislative Council. In response to a Government ...

There were 72 reports of animal cruelty made to RSPCA Tasmania in Devonport during 2019-20, five more than Glenorchy which was the second-highest. Other suburbs in the top five included Ravenswood (66 ...

A wildlife sanctuary at the bottom of the world is set to be in the spotlight as the star of a new docuseries. Tasmania's Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is the subject of a series that will be streamed ...

Environment, Parks and Heritage Minister Matthew Groom announced the marsupial would become Tasmania’s first animal emblem. Mr Groom, who first raised the idea of an emblem in 2013, said public ...

THE push is on for Tasmania to formally adopt an official animal emblem in line with the rest of the country. Other states have formal recognition for their iconic animals, but Tasmania has never ...

While assistance animals work overtime each day helping their owners overcome physical and neurodiversity conditions, they still don’t enjoy the same legal protections afforded to Guide dogs. And when ...

Dozens of animals, some of them rare, remained missing from Tasmania’s only accredited zoo Saturday, two days after someone released the creatures into the wild, the zoo’s co-owner said. The intruder ...