Irrigating Australia's deserts won't increase rainfall, new modeling shows
,For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation.
,For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation.
Australia has a big problem with plastic waste, with millions of tons of household and industrial plastics breaking down in landfill, rivers and the sea every year.
Australia's plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 relies heavily on carbon credits.
While Australia is forecast to swelter under El Niño climate conditions this year, Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers say it's good news for blue whales after they suffered through three consecutive years of difficult ...
A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, Megamonodontium mccluskyi, which ...
Hundreds of weeds have been found advertised on a public online marketplace in Australia. Cacti and pond plants were among the most frequently advertised illegal weed species. These weeds are prohibited in Australia due to ...
On National Threatened Species Day 2023, the Australian Government declared the Empodisma peatlands of southwestern Australia endangered.
Do you buy plants online? You might be breaking the law without even knowing it.
Australia is holding its collective breath ahead of a bushfire season that may bring a return of the smoke linked to 400 deaths and 4,500 hospitalizations and emergency department visits during the 2019–20 Black Summer fires.
This week's landmark report on the impact of invasive alien species revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at least quadrupled every decade since 1970 and that ...