They’ve been around for millions of years and survived through the extinction of dinosaurs, but shark numbers are declining off the east coast of Australia.

Australia is being powered by unprecedented investments in renewable energy, environment minister Melissa Price told a summit in Poland. 

A 15-year-old Swedish student's demand for climate action is resonating half a world away in Australia.

It's the time of the year when the surf looks its most inviting, but it's also when our anxiety about sharks hits its peak.

Want to know the secret of being able to sit back and enjoy the garden in summer without any back-breaking work? Jackie French has got a few suggestions.

It is miles from the first best option of a single carbon price.

The RFS has increased the warning to emergency level as strong winds fan the blaze.

Mark Townsend from the RSPCA is the man chosen by the Palaszczuk government to oversee the recovery of Queensland's threatened koalas in south-east Queensland.

The air quality has reached hazardous levels due to the storm, which is forecast to get worse before it gets better.

Wild weather driven by a strong cold front is whipping up huge dust clouds across large parts of NSW, with Sydney in line for a possible dusting on Thursday.

Air pollution from NSW's five coal-fired power stations carry a "substantial health burden", including leading to an estimated 279 deaths a year with thousands more to come before they close.

Researchers found 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, 2 flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1000 other assorted pieces of plastic in the stomach of a whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia.

"Our guests tell us the environment is important, so it's a big deal for us," said a Disney executive.

Scott Simpson, New Zealand's opposition environment spokesman, stunned a trans-Tasman investment meeting last week by stating that climate action was "too important to be playing politics with".

A wonder of nature is playing out in the sleepy suburbs of Melbourne's north, where a rare butterfly has found an unlikely protector.

Stubborn weather systems over the last two weeks have caused persistent rains and maximum temperatures to hit a five-year low.

Death is certain for a sea turtle once 100 pieces are ingested, a study concluded, as balloons, lolly wrappers and single-use shopping bags were found in one turtle’s stomach.

On a sunny Friday morning grower David McIntyre packed his walnuts and set out from the tiny Victorian town of Stanley to plead with beer giant Asahi to stop buying the water from beneath him.

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed the rush to grant almost half a billion dollars to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation in one hit on then Treasurer Scott Morrison and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

The controversial recipient of a $443.4 million grant from the Turnbull government reveals its plans to raise almost as much money by itself.

Wild weather has put on a spectacular show overnight with thunderstorms, hail and heavy rain grounding flights at Perth Airport.

The Nobel Prize awarded for economics shows again that the government is wrong on climate change.

An Australian credited with creating a technique that has helped reforest millions of hectares of degraded land globally has won the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'.

At 6pm on Monday night, look to the Sydney Opera House for a symbol of change .

A multi-year battle over the potential flooding of parts of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area has begin – even if prospects of a near-term flood are low.