The footage was captured by Dog Meat Free Indonesia, a coalition of the animal welfare groups.

Authorities have closed off parts of the Royal National Park and advised holidaymakers to avoid some areas of the Blue Mountains over the long weekend as fires burn.

The swamp wallaby that made global headlines earlier this month has returned to the wild after recovering from his city-bound adventure.

Firefighters have been praised for their hard work fighting the fires and looking after wildlife.

Another heatwave forecast to hit Victoria has AEMO warning that the system will be under pressure, but the long weekend may ease the strain.

An unusually large cyclone has been buffeting the Antarctic coast this week, shifting sea ice that had already been tracking at record-low levels.

An expose on the culling and commercial exploitation of kangaroos in Australia has opened to strong reviews in the US.

This is the latest in a series of escalating conflicts between shark fishermen and other beach users over the past two years.

The infants are being bottle fed and are said to be growing normally compared with monkeys their age.

The Royal National Park was closed and hundreds of people escorted to safety on Saturday, as firefighters battled two out-of control bushfires near Wattamolla in Sydney's south.

The Royal National Park was closed and hundreds of people escorted to safety on Saturday, as firefighters battled two out-of control bushfires near Wattamolla in Sydney's south.

Tasmania could become a renewable energy powerhouse for the nation, but the concept largely hinges on interconnection issues that have not always gone well.

Tasmania could become a renewable energy powerhouse for the nation, but the concept largely hinges on interconnection issues that have not always gone well.

Parts of the city's west will swelter through 40-degree-plus temperatures on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and into Monday.

Parts of the city's west will swelter through 40-degree-plus temperatures on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and into Monday.

Federal-funded efforts to contain the fourth big outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef are "sporadic" and a "serious case of negligence" that will likely fail, a leading scientist said.

Federal-funded efforts to contain the fourth big outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef are "sporadic" and a "serious case of negligence" that will likely fail, a leading scientist said.

Damaging "gale force winds" of up to 100 kilometres an hour are battering the state's coastline, and fanning bush fires near Newcastle.

Worried the electricity system won't keep up over summer? Worry about coal, seriously.

Scientists are learning the potential for drones extends beyond missile launches or pizza deliveries to more edifying endeavours - such as collecting whale mucus.

A Yellow Alert to take action and get ready to go to shelter was issued on Wednesday afternoon covering areas from Cape Leveque to Bidyadanga.

The court said that law did not prevent killing one species to advance the scientific understanding of another.

The fossilised remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago has been found in Central Otago.

The fossilised remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago has been found in Central Otago.

The fossilised remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago has been found in Central Otago.