On October 22nd, we celebrate the wombat — a short-legged, burrowing furball that’s indigenous to Australia. International Wombat Day has been around since 2005 and was started by a man named Chris ...

Every year on October 22, World Wombat Day is celebrated to honour one of Australia’s most fascinating native animals, the wombat. These sturdy, burrowing marsupials may not be as famous as kangaroos ...

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Barn owls, in particular, are on another level. Known for their pale heart-shaped face and shrill calls, these fascinating ...

A dead koala has been found near a halted new suburb development in Canberra's north. The construction of almost 200 houses in Jacka did not proceed as planned after a koala was spotted in the area in ...

About 5:30am on Friday, October 3, a fine spring morning, a service station attendant on his way to work on the south-west outskirts of Sydney spotted a dead koala lying by the side of the road. He ...

We headed to World Animal Protection's site to see what else we could learn about turkeys. We all know that turkeys gobble, ...

A dead koala has been found on the edge of Canberra's northern suburbs, near land slated for the construction of hundreds of homes. Lucy is the city reporter for The Canberra Times, covering business, ...

Veterans Day is a federal holiday held annually on Nov. 11 in the United States to honor those who served in the country’s armed forces. Unlike Memorial Day (the two get confused quite often), ...

The cosplay is on full display in the Big Apple and here are some of our favorites from day one of NYCC 2025. Reading time 1 minute New York Comic Con is here, and, with it being such a massive event, ...

The beloved Oscar winner refused to play by the rules—and we loved her all the more for it When did you first fall in love with Diane Keaton? For me, it was Baby Boom in 1987. I still vividly recall ...

Former Arkansas coach Sam Pittman's firing highlighted the complex nature of contract buyouts in college football. Several prominent coaches, including Penn State's James Franklin and Ole Miss's Lane ...