New species of spider named after the Sapphire Coast.

The Pope said those who failed to act were "stupid" and would be judged by history for failing in their "moral responsibility".

In Australia's self-induced and largely imagined energy crisis, it seems any ambit claim - particularly if it encourages coal - can generate immediate and unwarranted media and political attention.

When meerkats want to move as a group, they call to each other. Capuchin monkeys trill. Gorillas grunt. Honeybees make what is called a piping sound.

Sydney, the Hunter and two other regions of NSW will have total fire bans on Wednesday as the temperature spikes into the 30s and winds pick up.

A baby great white shark has been rescued after washing ashore at Manly on Sydney's northern beaches.

AGL's Liddell power station shouldn't receive funds more usefully invested elsewhere to improve Australia's energy prospects says Christiana Figueres, the former United Nations climate chief.

A scathing independent investigation into water theft has found the state's enforcement ineffectual and unprofessional.

The discovery that a North Stradbroke Island lagoon is millenniums older than originally thought could reshape climate change research.

The right-wing US radio host has suggested that the "panic" caused by the hurricanes benefits retailers, the media and climate change activists.

Thee timing of the storms, combined with the historic awfulness of them, feels more sinister than simple coincidence.

Following a mild Sunday with a top of 20 degrees, Sydneysiders can expect an early taste of summer on Tuesday and Wednesday when temperatures are forecast to hit 28 degrees in the city and 33 degrees in the west.

The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has made its first landfall in the islands of the north-east Caribbean.

Hundreds of firefighters will work to reduce the threat from bushfires before temperatures start to climb.

Radar data of the plane's flight path offered a spectacular show for aviation enthusiasts.

Beneath the waves of Nelson Bay this weekend a band of divers will search the seabed on a now-familiar neon Easter egg hunt for the 15th Sea Slug Census.

The Hunter Valley power station at the centre of a political fight over energy is operating at well below half its rated capacity and is ill-equipped to have its operating life extended.

The powerhouse Category 5 storm packs winds of 300km/h, making it the strongest storm on Earth so far this year.

Traffic chaos and bus delays as Fire and Rescue NSW contains a grass fire.

One of the most powerful hurricanes to develop in the Atlantic basin could hardly come at a worse time for the US.

Snake habitats are being reduced by urban development - and finding their way into suburban courtyards.

An arc of eastern Australia ranging from western Victoria to central Queensland faces a more active bushfire season following another unusually mild and dry winter.

The NSW government has been accused of launching "the single biggest attack" on the National Parks and Wildlife service since it was set up half a century ago.

Winter's grip will finally feel like it's loosened amid a "heat spike" this weekend - even if that season's squeeze was not a very tight one.

​Every year, Japanese boats with the word "RESEARCH" stenciled on the side head to the Southern Ocean to hunt for hundreds of whales.