A blockbuster UN report found the global cost of managing invasive species exceeds $600 billion.

The owner of a dog that was killed by a shark at a popular off-leash beach in Sydney's south said he was traumatised after watching his pet being pulled under the water just metres from the shore.

No Australian federal government “policies or discourses” were found to help manage a wind-down of fossil fuel production.

National weather forecast for Thursday March 16

Tanya Plibersek came into office promising no new extinctions. This small brown bird, native to a tiny island, could be the canary in her coalmine.

Scientists have combed through fossil records from millions of years ago to justify the move of 14 mountain pygmy-possums to their new home in Lithgow.

Internal government advice shows that government agencies had frequently raised concerns about Serpentine Dam with Alcoa over the past two years.

Adani's proposed giant coal mine has cleared another hurdle with the federal government waiving the requirement for a full environmental assessment for a pipeline that will extract billions of litres of water in drought-ravaged central Queensland.

Towns in Western Australia have sweltered through the second hottest day in Australian history, while other parts of the country are bracing themselves for heavy rains, humid nights and the after-effects of an ex-tropical cyclone.

While the transition to cleaner energy is inevitable, it will be a lot harder than politicians, activists, service sector chief executives and billionaire energy hobbyists would have you believe.

The frequency of extreme rain means parts of the state simply can’t absorb more water. Here’s how it happens.

Loan request is for a 900 megawatt coal plant with carbon capture and storage.

Brisbane-based Qantas engineers have spent the best part of the past month installing sensitive atmospheric monitoring sensors on a Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 in a bid to fill a major gap in global climate research.

Early warning technology being trialled in areas prone to flash floods

"It's wrecking the green grid that is fundamental to a healthy and liveable city."

Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.

A new wave of solar energy is about to crest and it won't just be households benefiting.

The Lachlan River is expected to reach its highest level in 70 years as the NSW flood crisis continues.

National weather forecast for Sunday November 27

Ballarat and Bendigo faced losing electricity during the recent great eastern Australian heatwave so NSW could avoid power cuts, underscoring the parlous state of the country's grid.