The man was enjoying an afternoon's fishing on his own when the shark 'joined him' in the boat.

Revealing rare species' habitat through scientific papers is making it easier for poachers to target them.

Sydney's Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of a male Asian elephant.

Prospects for the controversial Adani coal mine have dimmed further with the Queensland government saying it wants no role in any federal loan to support the project.

Global warming might affect how well we sleep at night.

The future of Adani's proposed multibillion-dollar Carmichael coal mine remains under a cloud even after Queensland declared it had settled on a royalty regime.

Some chilly mornings ahead but otherwise the scene is set for a pleasant start to winter.

Humans consider standing on one leg something best done in a yoga class. Flamingos, on the other hand, consider it the most comfortable sleeping position.

Public faith in the $3 billion coal seam gas field proposed by Santos is unlikely without independent monitoring of its environmental impacts, according to the head of planning at Narrabri Shire Council.

A poll finds almost half of residents near the proposed Hume Coal mine are strongly opposed to the project.

Reintroducing dingoes to areas from where humans have removed them could help control the feral red fox  that hunts native animals such as the bilby and wallaby.

The giant ice sheets of Antarctica are melting faster than previously estimated, placing low-lying areas of Sydney and similar exposed cities at risk by the turn of the century.

Taxpayers would pay tens of billions for Australia to meet targets under direct action policy.

Dugong calf numbers, wiped out on the Great Barrier Reef six years ago, have recovered and are thriving, new research has found.

The Berejiklian government will issue warnings of potential threats to electricity supplies from this summer after its review of February's heatwave found the power sector to be vulnerable.

Warning - distressing images: Activists say thousands of dogs are slaughtered at the festival each year.

The animal rose from the water, grabbed the girl by her dress and dragged her into the water, a video shows.

Sydney's unusually warm May looks set to continue with sunny dry conditions forecast for the rest of the week.

Friday was Canberra's wettest day of the year but forecasters are calling it a "one hit wonder".

A severe weather warning has been issued for the Perth Metropolitan area and the South West and Great Southern regions as a heavy storm front bears down.

Striking the balance between environmental asset use and maximizing economic returns.

"There's a thousand different long range forecasters out there and I don't believe any of them."

Every 15 minutes, an elephant is killed by poachers in Africa. Despite this, there is new cause for optimism.

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A former top oil, gas and coal executive says the government and opposition are failing the world.

Street smarts are the key to boosting the wild population of Tasmanian devils, scientists say.

James was used to seeing koalas in odd locations, but the one clinging to his bull bar took the biscuit.