He was quite the catch: young, good looking and fit. Spotted lounging in a tree not far from the edge of a road, this koala was a welcome addition to a study which hopes to shed light on why the Somers koala population is in decline.

Sydney will get its first burst of summer heat in 2017 starting from the weekend, as dreary conditions make way for the sun.

Australia posted its fourth-hottest year in 2016, driven by record sea-surface temperatures around the nation, in a period marked by frequent extreme events, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

Chickens are just as intelligent as many of their feathered friends and demonstrate thinking skills on par with mammals and primates, a US scientist has discovered.

Evidence the earth saw a slowdown in global warming over the past couple of decades has been further eroded

To the uninitiated they don't look like much to get excited about. Perhaps the only intriguing thing is that their bulbous bodies are a milky-white, rather than dark brown or black. But these tadpoles are special.

"It feels like you are at the centre of the Earth."

A time-lapse video of smog rolling into Beijing offers a jarring new perspective of the pollution that has been afflicting the Chinese capital in recent months.

If solar panels topped Suncorp Stadium, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Roma Street Station, they could generate electricity for 1200 homes and save 5414 tonnes of carbon emission a year.

First came the clouds of mosquitoes, then the swarms of flies and now insect experts are warning that teams of termites could be hard at work in homes across Melbourne.

Melbourne is trapped under a mass of thick cloud one month into summer, because of a weather event known as "anticyclonic gloom."

China has announced that it was banning all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017, a move that would shut down the world's largest ivory market and could deal a critical blow to the practice of elephant poaching in Africa.

The carp herpesvirus could take out more than just the noxious fish.

After a scorching and humid week Sydney's heatwave is set to recede tomorrow, just in time for new year celebrations.

Opportunistic whales have forced researchers to reconsider whether long-line fishing in Australia's southern waters is as eco-friendly as first thought.

A champion horse was stolen from the grounds La Perouse Pony Club in Chifley in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

Thursday marked the first day of the summer that a Sydney weather station recorded the mercury touching 40 degrees.

Swimmers at the south coast might want to take extra care in the ocean after more than a dozen sharks have been spotted on the NSW south coast in the past 48 hours. 

A scorching end to 2016 will ensure Sydney registers its hottest year in more than a century-and-a-half of records.

A blisteringly hot end to 2016 is in store for Sydney and those holidaying up the coast, prompting warnings.

South Australians could be buying a couple of kilos of horse meat along with their beef mince or pork chops as the government looks to review food regulations.

Sydney's hot weather is predicted to intensify over the next two days with a spike in temperatures and minimal chance of rainfall.

Four people have been killed and more than 380,000 evacuated as Typhoon Nock-Ten brought howling winds and heavy rains to the Philippines.

A string of 30-plus days and warm nights is forecast to bring in the new year in the capital, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos have been evacuated as a powerful typhoon roars its way across the Philippines.

Echidna makes a surprise visit to Shelly Beach

Queensland's coast is covered in plastic rubbish, according to research from the CSIRO, and the bad news is we only have ourselves to blame.