Environment News

Thousands of wild horses are set to be shot in an aerial cull, which is a humane response to an environmental crisis, authorities say.

Designer eucalypts will come to dominate urban landscaping if a group of researchers have anything to say about it.

Environmental groups say they want to make sure the all sides of politics know the risks posed by new ports along the Great Barrier Reef.

Changes to Queensland's land clearing laws - slammed by conservationists - have passed state parliament.

A legal challenge from environmentalists has stopped a Tasmanian mining development in its tracks.

A Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area mega port could be approved if dredging massive amounts of seabed is given the OK, conservationists claim.

Victoria's state-owned timber company has announced it will reduce logging of ash forests by 25 per cent from 2017.

Graziers from western Queensland have held a public meeting in Brisbane to get city voters' support for protection of rivers.

Queensland's premier says he hasn't gone back on an election promise by supporting laws to allow farmers to clear protected land.

Another mining approval has been granted in Tasmania's newest environmental battleground, the Tarkine wilderness.

It may seem like science fiction but soon we could all be printing solar panels at home, thanks to a team of world-leading Australian experts.

Coastal ecosystems play a vital role in capturing and storing carbon dioxide and need to be protected, scientists claim.

The arrival of the toxic cane toad in the Kimberley could be the area's greatest environmental tragedy, according to WA premier Colin Barnett

Proposed changes to Queensland's land clearing laws will have dire consequences for biodiversity in the state, a group of university experts warn.

Diplomats from eight Arctic nations will meet next week over how to protect the Arctic as its waterways increasingly open to commercial shipping traffic.