Australia's environment is in poor condition and will deteriorate further as climate change compounds pollution, land clearing and other threats, a report says.
Lone gum trees that dot paddocks across Australia are more than just a pretty picture and play an important role in koala nutrition, a new study shows.
The Pacific Islands Forum's final communique has declared a climate emergency, while leaders also committed to bringing Kiribati back to the table.
Logging is continuing in state forests that are home to koalas and greater gliders despite the animals being added to the nation's endangered species list.
The Pacific Islands Forum has wrapped up after an all-day summit of leaders in Fiji, with Australian PM Anthony Albanese declaring the meeting a success.
The Pacific Islands Forum's final communique has declared there is a climate emergency as the leaders committed to bringing Kiribati back to the table.
The Australian government should be supporting not fighting an in-danger status for the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, experts say.
Queensland has launched a review of land clearing to find new ways to protect biodiversity without compromising economic productivity.
Managers of underfunded national parks in Queensland have reported being pressured to spend more money on visitor facilities than the environment.
Campaigners have persuaded Australia and New Zealand to back Vanuatu's bid to have climate change commitments underscored by international law.
A Queensland environment group is trying to force the re-examination of the biggest fossil fuel projects planned in Australia.
Another whale has been rescued after being caught in a shark net off the Gold Coast, the third such incident in Queensland in a week.
More than 15 million bees have been euthanised across NSW as authorities remain optimistic they can contain the varroa mite.
Environmental groups have renewed their calls to remove shark nets during whale migration season after two humpbacks became entangled off the Queensland coast.
A pair of spectacular glossy black-cockatoos have been spotted in northern NSW after a three-month hunt for the threatened birds by conservationists.
It's taken six years for the greater glider to slide from relatively common, to threatened and now endangered under the latest federal listing.
Scientists say two big drivers of Australia's climate could coincide later this year and pose fresh threats to communities that have had repeated floods.
Hundreds of people have people have been rescued as heavy rain brings flooding to NSW where residents have been warned to avoid travel as the deluge persists.
Scientists are seeking to recruit an army of amateur beekeepers to help unravel the reproductive secrets of native stingless bees.
Australia's bushfire season is a month longer than it was 40 years ago, and the number of extreme fire weather days is also much higher, scientists say.
The world must match the scale of emissions cuts caused by COVID-19 lockdowns if it wants to limit warming to 1.5°C, a new report suggests.
Conservationists say land is being cleared in NSW at an alarming rate and the government must apply the brakes to protect wildlife and fight climate change.
For the second consecutive day, Blockade Australia activists have disrupted Sydney roads, with more civil disobedience planned.
A ecologist says native bees and plants could suffer if the parasitic varroa mite found in NSW takes hold across the country.
Blockade Australia protesters have been arrested after marching through the Sydney CBD and disrupting peak hour morning traffic on the Harbour Bridge.
Climate change is making it harder for tropical cyclones to form and the world is getting fewer now than it did before oceans began to warm, a new study says.
Nor-for-profit group Rural Aid is dropping hay to dozens of South Australian farmers doing it tough and trying to feed stock in parts of the state.
Tanya Plibersek will have her first chance to demonstrate Australia's green leadership ambitions at a UN conference on ocean conservation in Portugal.
Scientists are looking to see if insect-based cookies, muesli bars, pastas and - for all the gym bros out there - protein powders set off your bug allergies.
Five new blue carbon projects will be funded across Australia in the battle against climate change, the environment minister has told the UN Ocean Conference.
The Queensland government has delisted the last two coal seam gas leases in the Scenic Rim region after a decade-long campaign by locals.
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