More frequent severe droughts, coral bleaching are on the agenda with more extreme El Nino events predicted even with ambitious climate goals.

More than 200 sheep have died after they hurtled over the edge of a cliff in the French Pyrenees.

The BBC reports the arachnid was the "size of a guinea pig", causing one of the men to flee in fright.

Troops mobilised after heavy rains prompt floods on the South Island.

Weather patterns delivering an exceptionally dry winter across south-eastern Australia show little sign of breaking up.

With Sydney drenched in winter sun, a trip to the beach might be tempting.

You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd woken up to winter in the wrong hemisphere on Saturday morning.

The nation's largest power generator has urged the federal government to exclude coal from its planned clean energy target, saying there is no appetite among private investors to fund new coal-fired power plants.

The world's first test-tube rhinos could be born from animals at a British safari park.

Don't laugh. There are important lessons in the unlikely story of how the world came to mitigate the effects of a ticking time bomb under modern civilisation.

When fisherman Patrick Melograna felt a tug on his line near Gladesville Bridge, he knew he was onto something big.

Drinking straws, coffee cups, bait bags and releasing helium balloons need to be banned in Queensland, environmental groups argue.

Geoscience Australia said those who felt the quake noted a "rolling sensation and small vibrations".

Subsidies for new coal mines in Queensland's Galilee Basin will have "devastating consequences" for NSW coal industry.

Four east coast states will go it alone in drawing up plans for a clean energy target.

Supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles have announced that its stores across Australia will stop giving out single-use plastic bags over the next 12 months.

There were fears Sydney would experience its coldest day in two years on Sunday morning, but thanks to a change in air temperatures, the city will enjoy a slightly below average day.

Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organisation Panthera, received an email last week from one of his group's partners in Tanzania. When he opened the attached photos, Hunter said, "My jaw just dropped."

The avalanche of lightweight plastic bags pouring into landfill and the environment is about to come to an end. Woolworths and Coles have announced a ban from mid-2018. Importantly this should also tell Australia's environment ministers who meet on July 28 that the time has come to pass legisl...

It was meant to be a harmless selfie, designed to highlight the plight of the endangered crested black macaque.

Attempts to blame renewable energy for high electricity prices are misguided says expert report.

Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is now embracing the waves in hunt for new energy sources.

There'll be snow on the Brindabellas and a low of minus 7 this weekend.

Prepare for a shock. On July 1 electricity prices jumped 15 to 20 per cent.

The iceberg has broken off from an Antarctic ice shelf, changing the shape of the Antarctic Peninsula forever.