The Blue-lined Octopus is one of the blue-ringed octopuses, which are reputed to be among the most dangerous animals in the sea. Identification There are several species of blue-ringed octopuses in ...

Environment groups including The Wilderness Society, Climate Integrity and the Australian Conservation Foundation also ...

Architects redesigning a 1960s Canberra home called the Secret Garden House, for example, improved its lifetime emissions to ...

Australia's mining state will pursue an ambitious renewable energy target, as it attempts to drive down soaring energy costs ...

Australia has paid more than twice as much as any other nation in additional diesel import costs during the global fuel ...

A vast layer of fresher water spanning much of the southern hemisphere's ocean is getting saltier and denser in what could ...

A study drawing on 16 years of data into water quality of South Australia's Coorong found more than 80 species of ...

The rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest and savanna woodland landscape of Wooroora is home to at least 12 threatened species, ...

Indigenous communities are considered the most vulnerable to these events, with the scorecard finding 50 of 63 declared ...

Masked bees Masked bees live in urban areas, forests and woodlands, and heath. Many species nest in twigs, branches and reeds. As a group they are more abundant and diversified in Australia than ...

The Silver Gull has become a successful scavenger, readily pestering humans for handouts of scraps, pilfering from unattended food containers or searching for human refuse at tips. The Silver Gull has ...

Native paper wasps are smaller than European Wasps, and lack their vivid yellow markings. They tend to only be aggressive when defending their nests, and are otherwise beneficial insects to have ...