'Extinction by government decree': the species threatened by WestConnex
One of the critically endangered woodlands in Sydney's south faces the chop within days to provide temporary parking space for WestConnex machinery, opponents say.
Environment
Victoria to ban fracking
A permanent ban on fracking and all exploration and development of unconventional gas will be introduced across Victoria.
Australian Conservation Foundation loses Federal Court coal case
Adani's Carmichael coal mine has cleared another legal hurdle after the Federal Court threw out a challenge against the project.
Lone Ranger: Kakadu uranium miner faces fewer safety checks
With the clock ticking down on the controversial Ranger mine, government oversight is being cut.
We’ve been wrecking the planet a lot longer than you think
If the planet started warming earlier than we thought and we are closer to warning levels, scientists find.
Warning on climate's 'new normal'
As the world endures a third straight year of record-breaking heat, a new study has given fresh insight into what global warming is likely to mean for Australians if it is not curbed.
'You can't mitigate extinction'
A nationally significant koala population could be wiped out within a couple of decades.
'The data is wildly in error'
The EPA is letting mines in northern NSW self-monitor pollution - with some bizarre results.
Coal battle: 'Now we've walked into another firestorm'
US-based AMCI has proposed a mine that would encroach within about 900 metres of Forbesdale and a couple of kilometres of Gloucester.
When talking to dogs, both what you say and your tone of voice matters
Dogs pay attention to the meaning of words, a new study shows.
'Budget repair' to destroy Australia's clean energy efforts
Omnibus savings bill contains lethal threat to Australia's clean energy innovation effort, say researchers.
Easy politics: Why Daniel Andrews banned fracking in Victoria
At its heart, Dan Andrews' permanent ban on fracking in Victoria is easy politics - which doesn't mean it's the wrong decision. Added up from a political, economic and environmental perspective, it makes sense.
Typhoon Lionrock nears Japan's tsunami-hit northeast
More than 100 flights were cancelled and evacuation warnings issued for thousands of people as a powerful typhoon approached Japan's northeast on Tuesday.
Dog freed itself from power pole in Tuggeranong after 3hr rescue operation
Firefighters are using fire-opitc cameras find and rescue a dog trapped inside a disused concrete power pole in Conder.
Scientists call for aerial culling of Snowy Mountains brumbies
Scientists say aerial shooting best way of culling brumbies.
Chickens have rhythm and can listen to the bossa nova over and over
Birdbrains they may be. But don’t underestimate the humble chook when it comes to having an ear for music. Dem birds have rhythm.
Lightning kills 300 reindeer in Norway
Stockholm More than 300 wild reindeer were found dead after lightning struck a central mountain plateau in southern Norway, authorities say.
World's largest marine park to be created off the coast of Hawaii
President Barack Obama is set to vastly expand a marine sanctuary northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands, White House officials said Thursday, creating the world's largest protected marine area as he seeks to cement his environmental legacy in his last months in office.
The fight to bring back the devil
Some of Australia's leading scientists are proposing that the endangered Tasmanian devil should be reintroduced to the mainland - to Victoria's Wilson's Prom specifically - as an insurance policy.
Elderly man clung to a tree, screaming for help, before being swept away
Emergency services have resumed searching for an elderly man feared drowned by flood waters as torrential downpours and strong winds battered the NSW coast, with Sydney soaked by more than half the month's average rainfall in less than 24 hours.
Elderly man swept away in Sydney's wild weather
One man is missing as torrential rain and flash flooding hit the NSW coast on Wednesday night, when more than a month's worth of rain was expected to hit Sydney in 12 hours.
He was a knight, now he's a Brigadier: King of Norway promotes penguin
While it's doubtful how effective he would be in actual combat, a king penguin has been made a Brigadier by the King of Norway.
Sydney set for a three-day soaking as big low intensifies
Sydney should lap up Tuesday's relatively sunny weather as a deepening low-pressure system brings the prospect of a wet end to the working week.
Rainy Wednesday forecast for Canberra
Rain and a cold front on the way.
Scientists glued shark teeth onto a power saw and this is the result
It's not quite The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, but the results of a study comparing the sharpness and durability of different shark teeth sawing through prey were almost as scary.
Couple want justice for their dog Lily
Owners want justice for dog attack that killed their poodle and injured dog walker.
Are wombats really that dangerous? Yes, says an expert
The wombat may be a muddle-headed marsupial in the realm of children's literature but in real life they are anything but, a Canberra wildlife carer says.
Winter returns after week of mild weather
After basking in the relative warmth of the past week, Canberrans were brought back to wintry reality as a cold front passed over on Friday and Saturday.
Suspicions arise over fate of lost pets
Are Canberrans playing finders keepers with lost pets?
Outrage after 12-year-old girl pictured with dead giraffes and zebra
In photos, 12-year-old Aryanna Gourdin is pictured posing with dead wild animals – an impala, a giraffe, a zebra – she hunted and killed on a recent trip to South Africa.
'I really thought I was going to lay there and die': Wombat mauls woman walking dogs in Canberra
Wombats have a reputation for being cute and cuddly but a woman mauled by one in Canberra's south has warned others to stay away from the marsupials.