Australia is a land of droughts and flooding rains, but the mess that is the Murray Darling Basin is a man-made ecological disaster.

A massive, 170-square kilometre wind farm near the small town of Rokewood in the state's south west has been approved by the Victorian government to help tackle the state's energy needs.

The first sign Graeme McCrabb knew something was badly amiss in the Menindee Weir Pool was when he drove his car over the Darling River bridge near the town last Sunday.

A tiny island rodent, the Bramble Cay melomys, has become the first known demise of a mammal because of human-induced climate change.

The use of carbon credits to meet Australia's Paris climate targets would be "consistent" with the current Kyoto Protocol, the Morrison government said in the strongest signal yet it plans to exploit accounting ambiguities to meet its international commitments.

The "viability of the Darling" is at risk without urgent action, a report by the Australian Academy of Science has found.

Travis Kauffman suffocated the young animal that mauled him while he was running in the Colorado mountains.

A residents group stopped a mine from being developed last month in NSW. It's just one example of what's called 'climate litigation', and it's making waves across the globe.

It's as synonymous with Mardi Gras as drag queens and dancing shirtless men, but can the world famous pride parade shine without glitter?

The phenomenon is not uncommon but has been seen less than usual due to dry weather.