In an update issued on Friday, the Great Barrier Reef Authority said heat stress from climate change-driven rising ocean temperatures is...

Australia is home to some of the world’s most unique and rare animal species. However, since European settlements in 1788, the country...

A total of 2,212 ecological communities, plants, and animal species are now threatened with extinction in Australia, owing to climate...

For tens of thousands of years, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia have sustainably cultivated, managed, and...

All six Australian states voted ‘No’ to a plan to change the more-than-a-century-old constitution to grant greater rights to Indigenous...

Coral reefs are the world’s most diverse marine ecosystems. Yet, they are rapidly degrading due to human activities such as overfishing,...

With urban centres expanding rapidly worldwide and becoming a major source of pollution, it has now become imperative to reflect on...

Australia bushfires and other climate change-induced weather events will be more frequent and intense in the coming year, a new report...

Australia’s wildlife has experienced a sharp decline and most of the continent’s ecosystems are rapidly deteriorating or even...

Countries around the world are stepping up their efforts to set up carbon emission reduction targets and outline a pathway to net-zero....

The latest survey reveals the shocking extent of Great Barrier Reef bleaching during a year associated with cooler ocean temperatures. —...

New research has found that one of the world’s biggest gliding mammals, the greater glider in Australia, is actually three separate...

Researchers have found a new large, detached coral reef, measuring more than 500 metres in height, in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park...

A royal commission into the 2019-2020 bushfires in Australia issued its final report on Friday, fingering human-caused climate change as...

A new study has found that warmer ocean temperatures driven by the climate crisis have caused Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to lose more...

For the first time in 3 000 years, Tasmanian devils have returned to the wild in mainland Australia. Aussie Ark, in partnership with...

Calls from Australia for an investigation into China ’s role as the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a coal trade war...

A new green stimulus plan aimed at rebuilding Australia ’s economy from recession while tackling the climate crisis could generate nearly...

Koalas may become extinct by 2050 without urgent government intervention, according to a report published by the Parliament of New South...

Scientists have discovered dozens of new coral species on a recent expedition along the Great Barrier Reef, a find that will provide...