Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses

Large moths have been visiting homes in NSW, ACT, and Victoria, which scientists say is great news for the species.

A new tool called Carbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight metrics, including lost food production

Bogong moths numbers have surged after years of decline, flying evidence of an ancient transfer of vital nutrients from lowlands to the fragile high country.

A phenomenon not seen in around 20 years has returned to Sydney.

Researcher says sightings of the endangered moth have increased over the last two years but ‘this year has blown them out of the water’

The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population

Liquidators surrender the leases of a central Queensland coal mine, with questions around who will manage and pay for the rehabilitation of the site.

International Day of Peace: Mayors, Councillors and Campaigners discuss AUKUS nuclear safety and risks for Cockburn Sound Alongside the sunlit expanse of South Beach Recreation Reserve in South Freman...

Federal Coalition vows to detonate most of Australia's efforts to decarbonise "within 30 days" of winning power, including the advance of renewables and the emissions-curbing policy it introduced.

The Coalition has basically declared it has no climate policy. Its eight energy priorities, announced today, include no plan to provide clean, cheaper,…

Data Centres Australia said the changes were "disappointing" and would impose restrictions on data centres not applied to other industries.

The two new species are in the same genus and are both winged and more than 10cm long.

Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand

An ACF investigation has detected 150 cases of deforestation with the majority linked to beef production.

On the 90th anniversary of the death of the last-known Tasmanian tiger, conservation groups say more extinctions will occur if governments don't act.

The extinction of the crested-tailed mulgara is a stark example of how failures in environmental policy and inadequate resources for comprehensive conservation management can allow species to slip thr...

Unusual heat this year may have melted ice and thawed bonds that hold glaciers in place – leading to catastrophe

A glacial collapse registering as a magnitude 5.2 seismic event occurred near the border on Wednesday morning

The federal government has announced a boost to its bird flu response, but a conservation group says it amounts to a "drop in the ocean".

Climate scientists have been warning that the Himalayas are warming faster than the rest of the world, increasing the chances of a disaster of this scale.

Australia’s biggest oil and gas company recorded a 27% increase in sales profit to $1.67bn in the six-month reporting period

Woodside has taken the monumental step to abandon its Scope 3 clean energy goals, cutting billions from its project pipeline.

The rush of AI data centres is expected to put a larger burden on the electricity grid than previously estimated, with projects in development more than doubling in a year.

The world's oceans have reached their hottest temperatures on record and are likely to warm even more in the next few months, data shows.

Virus has already caused catastrophic losses in seals in South America and sub-Antarctica, particularly among pups

Conservationists argue there are two issues Australia needs to urgently tackle.

A suspected case of bird flu has been detected in a seal at a key breeding ground, a day after Australia's first case of the virus in a mammal was confirmed.

With final advice due by the end of the year, critics point to Woodside's own modelling to sink the $30 billion gas project.

The environmental standards released today do not deliver the strong nature protection the Albanese government promised with its reform of the national…

Compost, manure and food waste can be turned into biofertilisers made from natural materials.

Mining giant BHP has reported an after-tax profit of US$9.83 billion – a 9% increase on the previous year – while at the same time pocketing around $548 million in rebates under the Fuel Tax Credit (F...

Nearly a month after vast swathes of Queensland were drought declared, pastures are bare, rivers have stopped running, and hay sheds sit empty.

It’s uncertain how native populations might be affected by the deadly H5 strain but seagulls, pelicans and black swans are among those species that have experts worried

The Australian Labor Party's national platform now explicitly recognises fungi alongside flora and fauna.

As the 50th anniversary of the release of the original Storm Boy movie approaches, it is estimated up to 70 per cent of adult pelicans in breeding colonies could be wiped out to the first wave of H5N1...

Nearly 200 Commonwealth Bank shareholders have filed a shareholder resolution calling on the bank to set out the steps it will take to become…

Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.

Our precious fauna is facing its own pandemic. But unlike with COVID, no vaccine will rescue our animals.

Councillors say ratepayers shouldn't foot climate bill.

Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.