People tend to delay preparations to defend themselves or confirm the need to leave ahead of a bushfire until they can observe the blaze directly,

A precinct encompassing the Shrine of Remembrance and Domain Parklands joins the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru and the MCG on the National Heritage List.

• OPINION

This is an opportunity for sporting codes to show leadership around climate change and its potential effects.

The NSW Planning Commission has given the go-ahead to a mine extension in the Blue Mountains that has environmentalists fuming.

New construction codes could make a difference in lifting Australia's poor energy standards for homes.

Sixteen horses from a NSW polo club died on their way home from a Tasmanian polo tournament.

Queensland's top tourist destinations are under threat from climate change, according to the latest report from the Climate Council.

The humble Australian magpie is the star of new research that suggests social interaction is key to the development and evolution of intelligence in animals.

Only a quarter of the 20,000 "ravenous" kingfish that escaped from a fish farm off Port Stephens last month have been caught.

The rooftops of Canberra's CBD could yield power for up to 13,000 homes if businesses installed solar panels, a new study has claimed.

Solar energy approvals are accelerating and this year will likely see total capacity surge at an unprecedented rate in NSW and the country as a whole.

First published in The Age on February 9, 1983

Deep in a tropical rain forest, during a time when dinosaurs walked the earth, four tiny spiders crawled down a tree, got stuck in some sticky resin and never climbed up again.

The ozone layer is not healing as fast as scientists had hoped.

Petition calls for a moratorium on a costly water pipeline that may have far-reaching effects on western NSW communities.

79 scientists in the largest-ever female expedition to Antarctica are part of a long-term project to change the way environmental policies are made.

"It's about placing your dollars behind your values". Achievable and affordable ways to make a difference.

Brisbane's first electrical power connected Parliament House and the Government Printing Office in 1884. Now the 134-year-old electrical cables will be exposed.

Developing the Northern Territory's onshore shale oil and gas resources could release the equivalent of 34 billion tonnes of carbon emissions, equal to 60 times Australia's current annual carbon pollution, according to The Australia Institute.

Robert Meilhammer, of Crapo, lost two teeth and his memory.

The Great Barrier Reef is in "deep trouble" as climate change and other threats mount, hindering the ability of corals to rebound from natural events, a senior scientist with the reef's Marine Park Authority said.

Consumers are quick to complain about their rising bills but not so quick to demand their homes become less wasteful of energy.

Nigel the gannet died as he lived, alone on the cliffs of a remote island, surrounded by fake birds.

Craig Shephard will be showcasing the briny sweetness of freshly-harvested sea urchin roe at Carriageworks' Night Market.

• EXCLUSIVE

Australia is ridding its cosmetics and soaps of plastic microbeads, but it may have unintended consequences, a leading scientist has warned.

Australia's mean temperatures have been increasing at the rate of about 0.15 degrees every 10 years in recent decades.

If climate change curbs live up to their promise, oil demand may fall 20 per cent by 2040, Exxon Mobil says in one forward-looking report. But a more likely scenario is it will grow by 20 per cent, the company says in separate outlook.

Australia's minimum energy standards for new homes are based on climate data that is up to decades old, overestimating their true performance as conditions in many parts of the nation warm.

Ginninderry will become the first Canberra suburb without gas, in a trial that could determine if other new developments will also be solely powered by electricity.