The chart that shows how wild Sydney's winter was
Spring might have sprung across the nation but it arrives with the prospect of an extension of Australia's wet and relatively mild winter.
Environment
'Very poor': How Australia went to the bottom of the class
The world's 20 largest economies need to increase their climate commitments, and Australia's not doing its fair share.
Climate Change Authority's key report 'neglects to join the dots'
The Climate Change Authority has backed off its commitment to assess the implications of the Paris climate accord in a move critics say signals a weakening of its independence.
Poll puts pressure on to save renewable energy agency
A massive Reachtel poll of more than 10,271 people has found a thumping majority of Australians oppose the government cutting $1 billion from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
What winter has done to summer's bushfire risk
Australia's second wettest winter on record is likely to delay the onset of the fire season across much of the nation's south.
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.
China ratifies Paris climate change agreement ahead of G20
China's parliament has ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, ahead of its hosting of next week's G20 meeting.
Canberra rain passes record, but fell shy of predictions
The Bureau of Meteorology forecast between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain from late Friday morning.
How to make your suburban garden more bee-friendly
Suburb-dwellers don't need to keep hives to help maintain the urban honeybee population.
Meet the pangolin, the most poached mammal in the world
A largely unknown creature, the pangolin holds the undesirable title of being the most poached and illegally trafficked mammal in the world. Scientists believe more than 1 million have been killed in the past decade.
The deadly diseases scientists want to save
You'd think researchers who encounter some of the nastiest diseases affecting Australian animals would want to destroy them pronto. But that's not the case.
Environmental groups urge ACT to commit to carbon neutrality by 2040
ACT must continue to lead nation by achieving carbon-neutrality by 2040, environmental groups.
120 CSIRO jobs face the axe if clean energy cuts go through
More CSIRO jobs are on the line as the Coalition plans to de-fund he Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
'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.
Big drenching ahead for Sydney to usher in spring
Spring is declared to be "well and truly here" for the Harbour City.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.