Environment & Sustainability

The country was previously one of the world’s only mosquito-free zones.

Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables Coal use hit a record high around the world last year despite efforts to switch to clean energy, imperilling the world’s attempts to rein in global…

Human-wildlife conflict has now overtaken poaching as a cause of fatalities – and is deadly for people too. Some villages are finding new ways to live alongside them Photographs by Edwin Ndeke At nearly 3.5-metres tall and weighing as much…

Temperatures forecast to reach 39C in the CBD as rain and damaging gusts up to 130km/h expected along Victoria’s south-west coast Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…

Cove by cove, scientists, divers and volunteers are hauling up urchins to protect kelp.

About 97 percent of the land in the state is privately owned. Meet the people helping to make it friendlier for native bugs.

Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.

Despite its small stature, the city of Keene, has become an example of the safety and climate benefits of swapping traffic lights for roundabouts.

Dan Zafra captured a timelapse of something he could only dream of – red sprites, also known as red lightning, flashing above the Milky Way – while photographing from the Clay Cliffs in New Zealand’s south island on 11 October.…

Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm. By Liza Gross Employees at the National Institutes of Health learned…