In a summer that was supposed to be unusually cool and wet, Australian builder Rob Lye did not expect to be trapped by a bushfire on sub-tropical Fraser Island and battling with his neighbours to ...

More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated, in what it called a deeply disturbing number for a ...

A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit. This ...

Firefighters were trying to tame bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday. Authorities have called on ...

A recent bushfire incident near the Bidyadanga Community has raised significant concerns regarding the safety and resilience of local residents. This article will explore the circumstances surrounding ...

With Sydney to play host to the world's largest space conference this coming week, Katherine Bennell-Pegg says it is more ...

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Heartbreaking video footage has shown dozens of kangaroos fleeing bushfires in Australia as the crisis continues. The video, posted on social media, shows the terrified creatures hopping through the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian fire crews are battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world’s largest sand island, which have been burning for six weeks, forcing tourists to flee the island ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An uncontained bushfire raging in Australia's Victoria state that has prompted an evacuation order for hundreds of residents will burn for several days, officials said on Sunday.

A sudden stratospheric warming event over the Antarctic this week is expected to bring a chaotic spring to Australia’s south and a drier than average season to the nation’s east.

Australia has the world’s highest rate of mammal extinction, and most of the animals that have disappeared since colonization have been marsupials, or animals whose young develop in their mothers’ ...