More than 100 nests of potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered on Defence land in the Murray Darling river system.
Swimmers may no longer be able to find out whether a swim site has faecal contamination because of a funding row between local councils and the NSW government.
The deadly material has now been discovered in at least 11 parks across Melbourne and more are being tested as 100 EPA officers track the source of contamination.
The Albanese government is under pressure to cut emissions more quickly after all three regions of the reef suffered extreme bleaching for the first time.
The Albanese government is backing away from its pledge to lodge a comprehensive nature protection reform in parliament.
Twenty-year-old Amara Strande’s deathbed crusade pushed the US to slash the levels of cancer-linked forever chemicals considered safe in drinking water.
Landowners can earn up to $420 per hectare every year for land placed under a conservation agreement in NSW as Australia grapples with an extinction crisis.
The state government’s controversial program of shooting feral horses from helicopters continues in an effort to bring down their numbers.
A national outbreak of the pest from its Queensland stronghold would sting the economy – and that’s without even considering the health costs.
Helen Scott-Orr,a former federal inspector-general of biosecurity,warns the threat posed by the invasive pest goes far beyond agriculture.
The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.