Get out the sunscreen: sunniest patch since 1990 points to warm start to summer for Sydney
Sydney has just capped its sunniest November for 26 years, with the relatively warm and dry conditions set to extend well into the start of summer.
Sydney has just capped its sunniest November for 26 years, with the relatively warm and dry conditions set to extend well into the start of summer.
An Australian government update on what it is doing to protect the wounded Great Barrier Reef includes no new funding and no new commitments to tackle the biggest threat to its health, climate change.
Activists warn the last place on Earth where elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses and orangutans coexist in the wild is in peril after a Jakarta court ruling.
Many of Australia's coal-fired power stations will shut in coming years no matter what the government does, but a national plan will be needed to ensure the lights stay on and price rises are limited while they are replaced with cleaner models, Labor and the Greens say.
This is the disparity that explains why Pauline Hanson chose to snorkel where she did last week, while giving the Great Barrier Reef a clean bill of health.
The government agency responsible for the Great Barrier Reef says urgent action is needed to save the world heritage site after yet-to-be-published surveys found the record coral bleaching damage earlier this year was even worse than initially thought.
People can fixate on polar bears and say "it's a pity but it doesn't affect me'. They're wrong, a conservation biologist says.
While odd things are happening at both ends of the globe, it's the South Pole that is harder to decipher.
Reports that Beijing's already notorious smog contained bacteria with antibiotic-resistant genes spread through the city last week like pathogens in a pandemic disaster movie.
A lone tree in a paddock might seem like a paltry habitat for native animals but Canberra scientists have shown how critical they are using an unusual method.
State and city governments worldwide are leaving their federal counterparts behind on climate change.
Heatwaves cause more deaths in Australia than all other natural hazards combined so authorities should consider a cyclone-like rating system to help people prepare for hot spells, a risk researcher says.
Walking under a train overpass in Summer Hill, the last thing Josh Pirini and Scott Martin expected to find was a baby penguin.
Sydney, the Illawarra and much of the state's north will have a very high fire danger on Friday, the Rural Fire Service has warned.
As if to assure warmth-deprived Melburnians that it's still up there and on duty, the sun put on a spectacular sky show to mark the first day of summer on Thursday.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of dangerous storms approaching Brisbane. We'll keep you up to date.
A "very dangerous" thunderstorm is set to hit the Scenic Rim early this afternoon, with damaging winds and large hailstones forecast.
Venom from two iconic Australian species could be behind the development of new treatments for diabetes, which affects around 1.7 million Australians.
In the bush or at the beach, it's best to be prepared.
Scientists have found out how the blue whales rose to become the biggest beasts the Earth has seen – and it's all down to their teeth.
Summer will begin with a heatwave.
Sydney is in for a dose of summer weather as the new season's tidings include a burst of thunderstorm activity.
A better understanding of what pollinators are and how they are inextricably linked to human well-being could be the catalyst needed to improve their conditions, a review has found.
A new study has found higher water temperatures have ravaged the Great Barrier Reef, causing the worst coral bleaching ever recorded by scientists.
Severe thunderstorms are in prospect for each day until early next week for a wide swathe of the NSW coast.
The baby pygmy marmoset stolen from a Helensburgh wildlife park has been found, but Gomez and Sophia are still missing.
The baby pygmy marmoset stolen from a Helensburgh wildlife park has been found, but Gomez and Sophia are still missing.
Property values in Sydney could be affected if plastic pollution continues.
After a string of below-average temperatures this week, Melbourne will turn on the heat to mark the first day of summer. But don’t get too excited; it won’t last long.
Pauline Hanson is copping flak for taking her senators to a healthy part of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to disprove claims the icon is dying.
A fledging of the rare night parrot, thought extinct for nearly 100 years, has been photographed for the first time.
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