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The Broome Shire is asking residents whether it should close the main vehicle access point to Cable Beach in a bid to protect turtles during nesting season.

The smell of spring is in the air to those who know it.

The early lives of manta rays remain a mystery. This is possibly because most researchers tend to pay more attention to large adult rays than their pups.

Coburg locals laugh about Bin Chicken Island but very few know how the birds got there or why they stayed. Turns out, it's a sinister story.

There is a renewed push for the removal of nets from Queensland's shark management program as a 10th whale has become entangled off the state's beaches.

Conservationists welcome successful breeding season but say birds remain at risk of being illegally killed

One in three Queensland homes have a python living in the roof cavity, according to a reptile catcher, and warmer daytime temperatures mean they're starting to move around.

The iconic North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus plexippus was recently listed in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, signalling that its ongoing decline could lead to extinction. The compounding effects of habitat degradation, insufficient food and water and climate change have led to these dwindling numbers.

'This video shows how quickly the situation can change'

Britain’s trees have turned a sea of orange and dropped their leaves as extreme temperatures and drought have caused a ‘false autumn’.

Eyewitnesses reported the dark shadow was just 150ft from shore as children played in the water, with one boy hollering "is that a shark?" before running down the beach