A woman has died after being hit by a car on the Hume Highway near Goulburn in the early hours of Thursday morning.

New research reveals a third of Australia’s freshwater fishes are at risk of extinction. That means 35 species should be ...

Capable of holding a staggering 185 cubic metres of water, the world's largest man-made lake is in crisis as water levels hit ...

In Australia’s big cities, we tend to take our water for granted. How does it get to us – and could we ever run out?

Australia coach Mal Meninga has declared Michael Maguire can break Brisbane’s 19-year premiership drought, likening the new ...

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for ...

One of the driest months in United States history is coming to a close after causing the worst drought in more than 20 years in parts of the East as temperatures soar well above average there.

We've long been warned that planet Earth's carbon emissions budget is almost up, and now we've been handed a harsh deadline.At the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions, the chance to limit global ...

This local impact reflects a broader global trend. For example, in the United States, the ski industry has lost $US2 billion ...

Australia’s oceans are turning more acidic, bushfires are raging longer, and droughts are becoming more severe ... The famed natural attraction suffered one of its worst bleaching events on record ...

Sydney: Australia's oceans are turning more acidic, bushfires are raging longer, and droughts are becoming more ... attraction suffered one of its worst bleaching events on record earlier this ...