The Greens called for a legislated national target of 20 gigawatts of energy storage technology such as large battery installations.

Could this be the answer to taming magpies?

India's former environment minister says he's appalled by Australia's decision to approve Adani's massive new coal mine in Queensland, and the company's record in environmental management in India "leaves a lot to be desired".

It was a moment made for a Hallmark movie.

A new report reveals which swimming spots are cleanest and which ones you should avoid.

A group of hikers have stumbled across a rare sight of three eastern brown snakes romping in the grass at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve in Canberra.

Jairam Ramesh says the mine in Queensland would threaten the survival of the Great Barrier Reef.

Desperate Pacific islands at risk of sinking beneath the sea say Australia is "stuck in the Dark Ages" by relying on fossil fuels, in response to alarming data showing this nation's energy emissions have hit record highs.

A new survey shows 21 per cent believe climate change is a hoax perpetrated by scientists, and more than a third think Earth has been visited by aliens.

A whale as well as a large number of white, bull and bronze whaler sharks were spotted near the bait ball.

The likely eruption of Bali's Mount Agung has "potential for major impacts" depending on the scale of the explosion, according to a member of a team at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology that is preparing to assess whatever ash cloud is thrown up by the volcano.

Sea ice around Antarctica has swung from a record large maximum area covered to a record low in just three years, in a shift that could have implications for the global climate.

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Sydneysiders are turning on the sprinklers to save their withering parks and gardens amid temperature spikes and the city's driest spell in more than a century.

A large excavator has started digging up an 18-tonne humpback whale buried at Port Macquarie's Nobbys Beach.

Beaches on the north coast of NSW have reopened despite an 18-tonne humpback whale carcass decomposing nearby.

There's liquid gold in those hills in the form of pumped storage potential – but not necessarily in the Snowy mountains.

Australia will fall dramatically short of its Paris carbon reduction targets signed under Tony Abbott, unless it vastly increases its renewable energy usage to levels even higher than Labor's plan for 50 per cent renewables by 2030. The first assessment by the Australia Institute's Climate and Energ...

Sydneysiders can soon breathe a sigh of relief as the weekend's heatwave will give way to milder spring days.

China is mourning the death of the world's oldest panda, Basi, who passed away at the age of 37.

An independent study has found unexpected valley bulging and fractures reaching the surface above a major coal mine in the greater Sydney catchment, prompting WaterNSW to seek greater scrutiny of future mining applications.

Brother and sister snow leopard kittens romped as they made their public debut at Los Angeles Zoo.

The video also shows a black bear, deer, mountain lion, coati and black bear cub passing through.

Up to 70 flights have been cancelled in and out of Sydney airport as strong winds buffet the runways.

Official estimates of the risk of an electricity shortfall this summer are exaggerated, the Australian Solar Council says.