Parts of the Great Barrier Reef are enduring periods of heat stress worse than during last year's record-breaking coral bleaching event.

Drone vision of great white shark lurking near unsuspecting surfers emerges

Scientists are criticising the Australian government for its plan to unleash herpes on carp.

The sodden and cool tail of February belies the record-breaking summer, with autumn also likely to be unusually warm.

If you were hoping for a sunny end to a scorching summer, think again.

Inna Braverman hopes the Australian coastline could soon be transformed by wave converters hanging off breakwaters, jetties, wharves and piers, alongside the rods and legs of hopeful fishermen.

Restricting the amount of greenery growing beside the state's waterways will have a detrimental effect on the environment while failing to meet its goal of reducing bushfire threats, top waterway ecosystem scientists have warned.

The state government is confident radioactive waste from 60 cow carcasses buried at a Werribee development site have not contaminated the wider area.

Australia's politicians need to ask people what energy future they want, not decide for them.

ACT Parks and Conversation will introduce a new strain of the calicivirus and expect it will wipe out up to 40 per cent of pest rabbits.