Environment

If you find yourself in need of a pet peacock, the tiny outback town of Elliott can help. Locals have found a unique solution to deal with about 30 fine-feathered fowls running wild in the town.

Rangers say two young German tourists are "lucky to be alive" after walking for several days in the Cape York wilderness after their car became bogged because of a Google Maps error.

Asbestos, it seems, is everywhere around Sydney at the moment. 7.30 went to industry insiders to find out why. The answer according to someone else who owns a similar business is a "major let-down in processes".

Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division have completed one of the most ambitious expeditions since the 1960s, but the world's ice remains locked deep in the frozen continent.

Plastic agricultural sheeting has made many farms more productive and profitable, but it’s a major source of pollution and finding a green alternative can be a challenge.

You probably imagine Antarctica is just covered in snow and ice, but parts of the frozen continent are home to lush beds of green moss that chart changes over thousands of years.

REDcycle collapsed under its own weight, stockpiling recyclable material with nowhere to go. The new soft plastic recycling scheme will feed new, purpose-built waste processing facilities so it has much better prospects, writes Anya Phelan.

A teenage birdwatcher is calling for the  better management of wetlands and animal safety after regularly finding needle packaging and discarded rubbish at both Nericon and Campbell's wetlands, north of Griffith.

Animal experts are concerned rising temperatures will have a dire impact on Australian wildlife. But there's something simple you can do to help at home.  

The red imported fire ant is a super-pest: a threat to crops, animals, and people, and colonies are spreading from Queensland across the border into New South Wales.

The Commonwealth and state governments are doubling down on a half-billion-dollar program that's so far failed to stop the spread of the red imported fire ant.

Amateur fishermen clash with commercial operators as current rules do not cap the amount of fish that can be caught in three key barramundi fisheries.

The Canberra-based visual artist 'co-creates' work with the natural environment and her latest project enlists the help of an unusual creative partner: Sydney Harbour.

In 2020, at the height of COVID lockdown, three housemates decided to see how many animals lived in their house and backyard. What they found surprised them.

Tasmania's native forestry estate covers 812,000 hectares, including walking and biking trails, but 19 people have been given indefinite bans from entering any of it. The move is facing a constitutional challenge.

China opens its fifth Antarctic research station, starting operations in an outpost due south of Australia and New Zealand for the first time.

This lake was dyed blue to cool it and prevent algal growth.

Ambitious climate targets are super-charging the race towards renewables in regional Australia, but in many communities, the pace and scale of change is causing anxiety and uncertainty.

The Wollemi Pine was thought to have gone extinct two million years ago, until an off-duty ranger stumbled across a grove. Now, experts are doing everything they can to give the tree a second chance. 

Tourism Australia's Beach Ambassador Brad Farmer created the list of the top 10 beaches of Australia.

Charger anxiety replaces range anxiety for the growing number of electric vehicle users relying on slow infrastructure.

At least 46 people have been killed by wildfires in Chile with the death toll expected to rise.

A Katherine resident is concerned about the quality of information collected by government investigators after it took four days for them to get to the site of a Northern Territory fish kill.

Crashing waves, beautiful boulders, emus and wombats help Squeaky Beach take out top spot on Australia's Top 10 best beaches.

Poor engagement and consultation has led to "material distrust" of renewable energy developers in regional communities, according to a much-anticipated review.