A record number of lorikeets and flying foxes have been hospitalised with a mystery illness in South-East Queensland. Experts believe it could be caused by a toxin in the animals' food source ...

Cases tend to spike in summer and only affect animals in northern NSW and south-east Queensland. RSPCA Queensland admitted nearly 8,000 lorikeets ... to diseases such as Australian bat lyssavirus.

Australia's ecosystem could face a disastrous future if the cause of a mystery illness killing two of the country's most iconic species isn't found. Flying foxes and lorikeets, who share the same ...