She is probably the only internet sensation in Harpursville, New York, a hamlet of about 3500 people in the Southern Tier region: April, a very pregnant giraffe, whose livestream video has attracted millions of viewers.

The eight-kilometre stretch of coastline contains small tracts of rainforest, wetlands and two beloved surf beaches.

The great bulk of Australia's largest listed companies are failing to disclose their exposures to climate change.

Poor countries have contributed the least to human-induced climate change but are already being affected more than richer ones.

The State of the Environment report, the latest five-year government snapshot, makes for generally dismal reading.

The companies behind Australia’s biggest consumer brands are calling for regulation of recycling and packaging to ensure consistency between the states and territories, and ensure laggards don’t benefit from cheaper costs.

Another summer, and La Nina keeps holding on. What does that mean (and what’s an El Nino)?

Revellers heading to Sydney for Saturday's Mardi Gras celebrations no longer face the prospect of wild weather despite wet conditions, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's latest update.

A giant sunfish usually found in the waters of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa has washed up in California, and scientists don't know how it got so lost.

Australia's original climate change-focused think-tank and lobby group will shut after it failed to replace the multi-million-dollar bequest it relied on.