138 countries and regions join forces to target fauna and flora trafficking worldwide

As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them

New ABC series Eat the Invaders asks should invasive species be on our dinner plate – and what does it taste like?

Ukraine's minister of environmental protection has a seemingly impossible task: defending nature in a country at war. She explains how her fight gives her hope.

Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs

7NEWS can reveal 156 vessels have been stopped, and 83 pirates prosecuted, in the past six months alone.

Fall armyworm has been referred to the "coronavirus of agriculture" with the devastation the moth causes likened to that of a bushfire. And unfortunately, it's here.

New research examines the link between extreme weather and divorce in a small monogamous tropical songbird, the Seychelles warbler. Concerningly, extreme rain and dry spells increased divorce rates.

The forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

The industry is worried it is taking too many crays out of Western Australia waters and wants recreational fishers to do their bit too, but scientists say they are not concerned.

Why can’t you keep a wombat or koala as a pet rather than a cat or dog? There are good reasons why keeping native animals as pets isn’t as easy as it seems

In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.

Australia’s carbon credit scheme largely fails to protect threatened species, despite assumptions to the contrary. The findings provide cautionary lessons for the nature repair scheme.

Tilapia is a biosecurity nightmare in Australia but popular on many menus overseas. Some in the fishing industry think if you catch the pest fish in Queensland you should be able to eat it.

A 28-year-old was man detained in Lima, accused of trying to transport endangered spiders, centipedes and ants from Peru to South Korea.

Wildlife authorities received a tip-off before raiding the woman's home where they found dozens of snakes, lizards and eggs.

Education and Employment

Alien invaders are penetrating the borders of every country in the world. Now the full extent of the problems and potential solutions have been exposed, in a new United Nations report.

Invasive plants seriously impact our environmental, agricultural and forestry assets, and the ornamental plant trade is a major introduction pathway. The variety and extent of the ornamental plant tra...