South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remain

Federal environment department tells industry representatives the government does not want to ‘exacerbate cost of living pressures’

Exclusive: State government delayed releasing major report into the health of the koala population for more than 12 months

Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the Beetaloo

Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government

Successful legal challenge raises questions about hundreds of floodplain harvesting licences issued by former Coalition government

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

Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia presages ‘significant losses’, minister warns

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

Authorities confirm first case found near where the popular bird attracts crowds to its ‘penguin parade’ The first case of the deadly H5 bird flu in a little penguin has been confirmed on Victoria’s Phillip Island, only days after the state government announced it would begin vaccinating the species. Confirmation of the virus in the little penguin will spark a race against time to vaccinate thousands of birds, with the government announcing on Saturday it would begin the rollout on Monday. Continue reading...

Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns on inlets off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

Minns government promised no new coalmines but permits expanding existing sites, despite being behind on climate targets

Grazier is worried towns will ‘run out of water’ if flows don’t improve, urging state government to take action regardless of federal funds

The H5N1 virus has now reached every continent on the planet. What does it mean for some of the world’s unique species?

The CLP’s ‘tough on crime’, pro-development agenda brings sweeping changes, which advocates say cut the NT’s most vulnerable out of the conversation

Federal environment department says Black Mountain Energy has provided insufficient data as it seeks to drill 20 gas wells in the Kimberley region

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation

Conservationists say population rebound demands rethink of retention zones that allow thousands of the animals to remain in the park

Water minister Rose Jackson calls drying in Gwydir region ‘devastating’ as bill passes upper house

Exclusive: A grazier has released emails that reveal the state’s environment and water department prioritised harvesting of winter cereal crops over wetlands

Wilderness Society says changes undermined intent of national standards intended to reverse decline of plants, animals and ecosystems

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review finds

River ecologist says ‘classic bureaucratic tangle’ led to government agency stopping flows to Gwydir wetlands region in March

Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk

Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from department

Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from department

Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body

Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say

Environment minister says Alcoa cleared known habitat of protected species to enable bauxite mining

Climate change minister Chris Bowen acknowledges ‘additional work’ needed to meet 2035 goal

The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences

After years of failed attempts, Australia’s environmental laws are finally getting an overhaul. But will they stop the damage done to nature?

Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes

Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default

Climate advocates fear the project, proposed by Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex, would turn the area into the ‘world’s largest carbon dumping ground’

Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules

Experts say the proposed legislation is full of problems, including excessive ministerial discretion and relaxing like-for-like offset rules

Exclusive: Documents reveal state environment department had ‘reckless indifference’ to fate of individual koalas, Greens spokesperson Sue Higginson says

BirdLife WA calls consequences of Alcoa’s proposals to clear 11,000ha of jarrah forest ‘irreversible and catastrophic’ for endangered bird

When South Australia gave the go-ahead for a launch facility to be built at a site that’s home to the endangered southern emu-wren, conservationists were astounded

Murray Watt agrees recovery plans for greater glider, ghost bat, lungfish and sandhill dunnart were not made by successive governments