Debate about climate pollution from Australian coal mines is focused overseas. But emissions released at home matter, too.

Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences, says an anonymous modeller and whistleblower

The ‘right to choose’ crowd would damage Victorians’ health and move costs on to those least able to pay

Bird flu has been detected in samples taken from a southern elephant seal and a kelp gull on Macquarie Island, with authorities making preparations for a mass mortality event.

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In the 1980s and 1990s, the hardy redclaw crayfish was exported from Australia around the world. But escapee yabbies have become a nightmare.

Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.

The 219-turbine wind farm, on agricultural land at Warracknabeal in the state's west, now needs federal government approval.

An archaeologist from Sydney reveals her role in the discovery of the "world's oldest known" shipwreck, found in southern Türkiye.

The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify

Bushfires will only become fiercer and more frequent in the face of climate change.

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say

A selection of the winning images from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition across topics ranging from underwater to urban wildlife, and photojournalism to mammal behaviour

A new ice sheet model developed by glaciologists at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory projects that the melting of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica will cont...

The El Niño climate pattern has long influenced weather across the globe.

We embraced the internet and then forgot how to do things in the real world

A major new Lancet commission identifies nuclear war and malicious AI among threats capable of causing human extinction this century, with climate breakdown posing an escalating longer-term danger.

Australia’s housing crisis is the result of failing to build enough well-located homes, not excessive migration. Cutting migration instead risks weakening the economy while leaving the real problem un...

Migration has become an easy target for voter frustration, but the promised cuts are unlikely to deliver what politicians claim – and could create serious economic problems of their own.

Newly discovered artefacts found beneath the waves off WA's Burrup Peninsula provide greater insight into life thousands of years ago.

Aged care residents face paying thousands of dollars a year for everything from a TV in their room to a cooked breakfast or a musical performance under new fees.

Rescuers respond to surge in callouts for the vulnerable bat species, which usually feeds on blossoms and tree nectar

AR7 report was scheduled for 2028 in time for Cop33 summit but some petro-states and major developing countries want to postpone it

A Gumbaynggirr elder was never allowed to speak her native tongue, but now she learns alongside her great-granddaughter at an Indigenous preschool.

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising

Prevention is only part of the picture. Australia needs a better plan for housing those displaced by disaster and supporting them on the long journey to recovery.

The first estimate of coral egg numbers across the Indo-Pacific shows which species can help rebuild devastated reefs.

When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survival

Tasmanians wanting to give up smoking will be given a leg up on their journey with the recent expansion of a free 12-week program offering a wide suite of support.

The Climate Council says coal and gas mines are using a "loophole" to expand operations and add new emissions while avoiding stricter emissions laws for new coal and gas.

Specialist fire ant detection dog teams have been deployed to the site in Sydney's Enfield and a nearby area with no other nests having been discovered.

Blackberries have long been a problem for Australian farmers and bushwalkers. But who would have illegally released a fungus as a biological control?

The stinger is effectively a fully autonomous micro-pump, but it works in an unusual way.

People who love Australia’s reptiles could unwittingly carry deadly fungal diseases from one animal to another. But this is easy to prevent.

Economic pressure can exploit existing prejudices, of which Australia has many. And it’s very easy, when people are feeling the pressure of economic strain, to shift then into punching down. Tell some...

Mechanical engineers behind the manta ray robot have designed a new underwater machine, this time modelled after marine invertebrates in the class Crinoidea, commonly called feather stars or sea lilie...

Exclusive: Peak body for oil and gas industry met with minister’s office before a 2014 freeze on new licences was overturned, documents show

The Climate Council says coal and gas mines are using a "loophole" to expand operations and add new emissions while avoiding stricter emissions laws for new coal and gas.

Hundreds of Intermarché shops and Coopérative U outlets in France hit, with fears Dutch chains also affected

Now we will have televised executions – a glorious patriotic spectacle that sends ‘a message’ to the world

A new species of ancient crocodile relative that lived around 170 million years ago has been discovered by scientists at the University of Portsmouth and Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco.

Environmental water to the area was halted after a complaint from a private landholder, leading to the deaths of wildlife and sheep