Will the container deposit scheme be ready to start by its deadline of July 1 next year?

For generations of pet owners feeding bones to their dogs has seemed as natural and healthy as letting them run free across fields and meadows.

Spring is in the air, which means one thing is certain: it's magpie swooping season. 

As the greyhound racing industry lurches from one controversy to another – most significantly in New South Wales, where it will soon be banned – attention has turned to saving the animals from a deadly fate.

Those of you heading for a beach holiday this summer might want to consider doing a free online training package before taking off, it could help save a turtle's life.

A concerted effort is underway to save the endangered golden shouldered parrot of remote Cape York.

I was scrolling through Instagram when I saw it: a white fuzz ball of a baby seal, snuggling in a snowdrift. You better believe I liked it ... then I read the caption.

How Queensland's current magpie relocation program came to be.

A Perth photographer has captured some incredible images of curious sea lions gathering together to check out something they'd never seen before - a hovering remote control drone.

Wagga's flood crisis is set to continue after the Bureau of Meteorology indicated more rain was headed for the city next week.

The powerful storm is the strongest in the world this year.

Canberra's disappearing lake has emerged again after one of the wettest winters on record.

Clocking wind speeds of 185 mph, super typhoon Meranti, now the Earth's strongest storm of the year, is forecast to graze Taiwan on Wednesday before barrelling into China.

Canberrans should keep raincoats handy for the rest of the week.

Australia's inland plants are among those most likely to be affected by rising temperatures, challenging the concept that the country's weather extremes would make them less susceptible to global warming, a new study has found.

Stay inside tonight, or bring your gumboots if you are planning to venture outdoors - the rains are coming again.

Canberra's Anke Maria Hoefer is known for talking to frogs but she believes it is learning how to listen to them that will save the species.

Spring has sprung. And with it comes the peak pollen season and a warning that Canberrans who own rooftop solar panels need to stay vigilant about cleaning them, an ANU expert says.

A controversial coal mine in Sydney's catchment area is seeking to expand despite "very significant" impacts.

Embattled CSIRO boss has been given another four year to right the science agency.

Bali looks lush and tropical and has more than 1000 years of rice production...but researchers estimate the island will run dry by 2020.

Researchers find about 3.3 million square kilometres have been lost.

More than health care, race or the economy, the US president believes his efforts to slow global warming will be the most consequential legacy of his presidency.

Clearing land for the WestConnex motorway has begun - on National Threatened Species Day.

We are so used to bad news about climate change it is a little hard to process this.

Sydney's run of blissful early spring weather has a couple of days to run yet.

Reports set up by Abbott government threaten to expose vulnerable areas to commercial fishing, environmental group warns.