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Exclusive: Study shows Penguin Island population in freefall, sources say, amid pressure from tourism, boat traffic and warming seas

The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in reefs around the globe, scientists warned Thursday.

An environmental watchdog is cautiously optimistic that water quality is improving in a Tasmanian harbour that's home to an endangered fish and salmon farms.

NSW parliament has rejected calls to urgently suspend logging over claims the Forestry Corporation is failing to properly look for endangered greater gliders.

Swimming through the crystal clear waters of the Maldives, a nation renowned for its marine life, it could be easy to forget that these delicate ecosystems stand on the frontline of climate change and that seagrass habitats are in crisis globally.

And how to keep them out

An ice age almost one million years ago led to a meeting between leopards from central and southern Africa that were searching for grassland. New research into the leopards’ genetics – their mitogenome – has revealed that the descendants of these two groups are the leopards found today in South…

While most climate studies focus on heating, surprising new research finds sudden cold events can be devastating

A memoir from the human star of My Octopus Teacher shows unjustified confidence in interpreting nature’s messages