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A threatened rodent that only survives on offshore islands has a preference for one of Australia's most invasive weeds for its food and shelter, research shows.

The UN’s climate science advisory group, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is currently meeting in Bulgaria to decide on a timeline for its next “cycle” of reports over the rest of this decade. That decision should have been taken in January, but government divisions arose over aligning IPCC…

National Whale and Dolphin Watch organisers say data collected will help with research into marine mammals

As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, the Nordic nation is a paradox

Organisers hope dogs will mimic behaviour of wolves that in past would have helped disperse wildflower seeds

Half a million people evacuated, 21 deaths confirmed so far and capsized tanker in Manila causes huge oil spill

Seven years seems a lifetime in politics. In 2017, President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. It prompted Canada, China and the European Union to convene an urgent meeting to reaffirm political commitment to global climate action.

Connection found between early exposure and bronchitic symptoms in adults without previous lung problems

A decision not to include the Great Barrier Reef on a global list of in-danger sites is a case of "political convenience trumping science", an expert says.