Hopes for quenching rains that would aid farmers and ease the bushfire risks appear to be dimming with fresh indications of El Nino thresholds will be surpassed by the end of spring.

Over the past three years, almost all of the world's reefs have experienced summertime heat stress.

A rescue mission to help one of the world's rarest parrots is nearing its climax, and a group of Canberra bird enthusiasts is helping out.

Fabulous places, fascinating friends and buying stuff: having an admin job in a global circus is a blast, says Melbourne woman.

In his first message to staff in his new ministry, Matt Kean said he was "determined to take decisive and responsible action on climate change''.

New weather front expected mid-week to bring heavy rain for flood-hit NSW communities.

The remarkably inactive cyclone season off Australia's north has finally been disturbed by a major storm, as Tropical Cyclone Blanche brings heavy rain and strong winds to the Top End around Darwin.

Poachers have broken into a French zoo and shot dead a rare white rhinoceros sawing off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in Europe that a rhino in captivity has been attacked and killed.

Colin Warwick, 70, appeared at Downing Centre District Court on Monday charged with one count of exporting regulated native species and five other counts of attempting to export the lizards between 2018 and 2019.

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

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

The world’s single most important construction material is responsible for nearly 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, but that’s set to change.

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

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

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.

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

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.