Peter Barr

Sean Van Alphen was in the Dryandra Woodland National Park in Western Australia surveying numbat numbers when he witnessed the grisly encounter.

Pods of more than 70 orcas have been recorded at the Bremer Canyon off Western Australia's south coast as the annual season starts with high numbers of killer whales in good health.

Known for its vivid colours, the sunset frog is limited to a tiny pocket of swamp on Western Australia's southern coast and is under increasing threat.

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River has deferred a decision on its support for the major surfing event, after locals flooded a public consultation period with complaints.

A cyclist has endured 39C heat and howling winds to break a world record for fastest time to complete Western Australia's Munda Biddi Trail.

An aurora australis visible to the naked eye has been seen across Western Australia in the brightest display of southern lights in years.

Telstra has apologised to a West Australian man after it dispatched a debt collector to pursue him over unpaid bills belonging to a customer with a similar name.

A band of singers whose version of a 19th Century workers' song has grabbed plenty of online attention say they might have got a gold record for their efforts in days gone by.

The south of the state is shimmering with a golden flowering plant — but biologists say it's a very attractive pest.

A WA town is reviewing its five international relationships after a council flagged a "no-value" issue with a Chinese city, but a local government expert says they still have a place.

Though the outcome was heartbreaking, more than 200 people left work, skipped school and braved freezing conditions to try and save 97 beached pilot whales.

With a rocket part that washed up on a WA beach now under lock and key at a "secret" location, governments are in talks over what will happen to it, while experts warn of more space junk to come.

The massive wave is earning a reputation around the world as it draws daredevil surfers and photographers to the region.

Some of Australia's oldest pre-Federation records at a library in Albany are going under the microscope to determine their historical value.

You'd know if you heard the sound of the Western Australian parrot known as the 28. Here's how it got its name.

Nearly half a century after Australia's last whaling station closed, the animals' presence off WA's south coast keeps visitors flocking to the area.

WA residents back calls for mandatory compensation for delayed and cancelled flights.

Wildlife authorities investigating the spearing of a 15-month-old dolphin calf in the Dawesville Cut say it may have been mistaken for a shark.

An astronomer believes a fireball observed crossing WA's sky this morning was likely a 10-centimetre meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere and travelled west at 14 kilometres per second.

Cooler weather and the first rains of autumn have led to huge numbers of Portuguese millipedes infiltrating WA homes as they search for a mate.

A dramatic chase played out for more an hour as a blue whale and the orcas reached speeds in excess of 30 kilometres per hour before the prey outpaced the hunters.