Environment News

A set of empty restaurants along prime riverfront in Brisbane will be demolished to make way for public green space, after being abandoned since they were inundated in the 2011 floods.

Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says.

The southern rock lobster is showing resistance to the effects of climate change, Tasmanian researchers find, but warn that does not mean the species is immune to future environmental perils.

Simon De Marchi has always had a fascination with sharks, so much in fact that he's been restoring their jaws for more than 30 years out of his garage.

A new large-scale solar and battery storage project in Victoria, involving 2.3 million solar panels, is touted as a possible solution for businesses struggling with Australia's volatile energy market.

Deep in thick Victorian forest, conservationists and logging advocates are conducting rival counts of the elusive Leadbeater's possum, as they argue over whether the species deserves special protection from the timber industry.

Coalition frontbencher Concetta Fierravanti-Wells accuses Tony Abbott of damaging Australia's international reputation and his own political credibility in another outbreak of internal coalition infighting.

It was Kye Higgins' dog Miss Millie who first discovered the bioluminescent bloom, known as sea sparkle, while wandering through the shallows at Tulka beach near Port Lincoln on Sunday evening.

A group of spirited women hope their carrot vodka can entice people to "drink their vegetables" and help reduce food waste.

The 1970s might not be renowned as a great culinary era in Australia, but it was a time when we excelled at not wasting food in the kitchen.

Land clearing in Queensland is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, researchers say, with the issue set to be a major battleground in the state election.

Tony Abbott's decision to remove the carbon price and wind back the Renewable Energy Target was a disaster. Rather than reducing energy costs, it has brought our electricity generation industry closer to crisis point, writes Ian Verrender.

People on land join with those in a variety of water craft to demand an end to salmon farming along Tasmanian eastern coast at a protest rally in Hobart.

In the world of seed dating you can expect to get down and dirty with a partner within the first six minutes, including at the Landcare for Singles tree planting event.

As koalas struggle with habitat loss, they face more attacks from cattle, horses and other livestock, wildlife experts say.

Conservationists fear a key feeding and resting ground for endangered birds in Victoria's south west could be in danger from a proposal to develop homes, a marina and tourism and retail precinct.

Scientists use new technology to plumb the dark depths of Australia's eastern abyss for the first time, finding new sea life and also rubbish people have been dropping into the ocean for more than 200 years.

The push to reopen a controversial copper mine on the island of Bougainville has suffered a setback, with opposition groups stopping the region's government from going to the mine site and signing a new agreement with landowners.

Pictures of an epic effort to rescue thousands of animals including cattle, wallabies, skinks and even snakes during the historic damming of a river have emerged.

The founder of the Responsible Cafe Movement says its just the beginning of a revolution in educating customers how to stop creating unnecessary waste.

If chief scientist Alan Finkel gets his way, battery storage will be central to Australia's energy future. So how does it work, which other countries are doing it and how much of a "thing" will it be here?

An attack on Republicans, a new Russia probe and a really great cabinet meeting.

On Lord Howe Island, where countless natural wonders and curiosities remain, sometimes trapping and killing an animal is the only way to inform future scientific knowledge.

Researchers say there are many potential sites for pumped hydro energy storage across South Australia that would not adversely affect national parks or urban areas.

Every week a group of children from the suburbs of Darwin venture into the region's parks and reserves to learn about their environment.