Game on in the fight to ban platypus ‘death traps’
Queensland is under pressure to fall in with the rest of Australia and move on a notorious yabby trap blamed for also fatally ensnaring the iconic platypus.
Queensland is under pressure to fall in with the rest of Australia and move on a notorious yabby trap blamed for also fatally ensnaring the iconic platypus.
Jane Goodall is being hailed as a pioneering primate expert and tireless advocate for the environment after her death at the age of 91 while on a speaking tour.
Scientists say a common garden bird species is vulnerable to sudden drops in temperature during more frequent extreme weather events and may become extinct.
The host nation of major regional talks has urged fellow Pacific nations not to be "passive bystanders" to intensifying competition among powerful interests.
A proposal for a breakthrough koala vaccine to be administered in wild populations deserves to be "mocked", a wildlife conservation group says.
A huge proposed national park to protect koalas has been hailed by conservationists, but the logging industry says jobs will be decimated.
Australia's environment is delivering much more than the government invests in it and contributes 20 per cent of the nation's economic output, a report finds.
The Gold Coast could be pushing sand uphill as it works to restore beaches eroded by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
A hidden koala population of nearly 300 koalas has been uncovered on the fringe of a major city, using Indigenous knowledge combined with western technology.
Australia's largest citizen science event has revealed a prismatic parrot as the country's most frequent flier and a message to shed birdwatching's stigma.
A major search for a missing fisherman has ended after human remains were found inside a crocodile, with forensic testing to confirm the person's identity.
A marine heatwave has caused "catastrophic" damage to the Great Barrier Reef but another region is also suffering the impacts of rising ocean temperatures.
Superfans of a viral and rare botanical sensation continue to wait over an hour to catch a glimpse of the giant foul-smelling flower.
Devotees have flocked to witness the rare unfurling of a foul-smelling corpse flower which has attracted an unlikely online following.
The rescue of bushwalker Hadi Nazari in the Australian Alps after an almost two-week search has been described as a "miracle" by one of the men who found him.
An intensive search for a hiker missing in the Australian Alps for almost two weeks is continuing, after more of his personal items and a campfire were found.
Another 50 rescue specialists have joined the 10-day search for missing hiker Hadi Nazari in Kosciuszko National Park's "bloody tough" terrain.
The search for a bushwalker missing for 11 days resumes after specialist crews have joined the efforts amid soaring temperatures and nearby fires.
A program aimed at addressing declining river health is having impacts on the wider environment and community, with surprising flow-on effects.
A billion-dollar purported price tag for a new national park has dropped jaws and raised eyebrows as loggers and environmentalists resume hostilities.
A community has established a garden in the hopes of reconnecting young people with culture and Country through elders' stories and hands-on learning.
Scientists are warning about the impacts of forever chemicals on animals after a CSIRO study showed alarming health affects on freshwater turtles.
The world's monitored wildlife populations are down 73 per cent, with Australian species and the reef in the crosshairs, a major report warns.
A US-based airline could have jeopardised Australia's rabies-free status with the unchecked arrival of dogs aboard flights to Brisbane and Sydney.
Researchers at Google and an Australian university have teamed up to track whales along the east coast and use AI to uncover what they are really up to.
NSW cleared an area more than 160 times the size of Sydney's CBD in a single year, new government figures show.
Environment groups are dismayed after the prime minister indicated he was open to stripping decision-making powers from Australia's new watchdog for nature.
Coral cover was up across the Great Barrier Reef before the treasured ecosystem suffered a devastating marine heatwave and two cyclones, scientists say.
Rangers have euthanised a large crocodile as the search continues for a NSW man who went missing while fishing in far north Queensland.
The prime minister will unveil Indigenous land protections when he addresses NSW Labor delegates, with pro-Palestine activists expected to disrupt the event.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the NSW Labor Conference but didn't touch two key issues causing tension among delegates.