Melbourne is a city renowned for its cultural energy and laneway dining scene, but for nature lovers, it’s the gateway to an accessible feast of Australian beauty spots and wildlife hangouts.

Melbourne and Victoria’s best nature and wildlife experiences. Whether you’re on a whistlestop tour or a slower voyage, from whales and waterfalls, wildflowers and wombats – and everything ...

For years, Melbourne licensed wildlife trapper James Dean has successfully stalked and captured hogs, raccoons, iguanas, bobcats and even a bull shark in neighborhoods and wooded areas across the ...

Time will tell how the addition of these plants to the urban forest will affect Melbourne wildlife. Already, gorgeous imperial jezebel butterflies have been spotted emerging from creeping ...

A Melbourne wildlife keeper has been convicted of animal cruelty and sentenced to a 12-month Community Corrections Order. But, according to Operation Sheffield, a joint national and state wildlife ...

A group has launched court action after aerial culling was undertaken to end the suffering of about 1,0000 starving or burnt ...

More:Pit bull mauls Melbourne wildlife trapper's arm. More:Whopping wild hog weighing 350 pounds captured off Sarno Road in Melbourne "It was scary — because I didn't know if I was going to survive.

Wildlife rescuers say urban sprawl and an unsettled spring are behind a sharp increase in call-outs in Melbourne at the start of snake breeding season. Skip to main content ABC News ...