ABC Environment

The coal, oil and gas industries have raised 'lots of dark money' for Scott Pruitt, President Trump's pick as head of the US EPA, says Earth Justice.

Crocs and cattle don't mix on a Northern Territory station; meet a specialist alpaca shearer; and a fish restocking program pays big dividends in the Kimberley.

In New Zealand genetic diversity is proving a barrier for conservation measures aimed at boosting numbers of endangered birds.

Australia's rufous fantails have managed to avoid extinction by snake, unlike their unfortunate cousins on the island of Guam. Lindsey Nietmann is trying to find out how these 'mad fans' do it.

Crocs and cattle don't mix on a Northern Territory station; meet a specialist alpaca shearer; and a fish restocking program pays big dividends in the Kimberley.

Would you be game enough to catch a funnel-web spider if it saved a life?

US President Donald Trump has withdrawn from the TPP, so what's the future for the world's largest trade deal?

With a string of recent record hot summers, climate change is adding a new imperative to New Zealand's bold plan to go feral free by 2050.

They are the scourge of Australian beaches and seem to be back this summer with a vengeance.

Corruption in many Pacific countries appears endemic, the Pacific has the world’s fastest growth rate of HIV infection and the Pacific is predicted to surpass Africa as the world’s poorest region in the foreseeable future Is the Pacific not sinking but being sunk?

Corruption in many Pacific countries appears endemic, the Pacific has the world’s fastest growth rate of HIV infection and the Pacific is predicted to surpass Africa as the world’s poorest region in the foreseeable future Is the Pacific not sinking but being sunk?

Local and global effects have combined to produce a marked change in the climate of south western Australia. Reduced rainfall has impacted on agricultural output and the people of Perth now rely on desalination plants. Bill Bunbury reports.

The migratory birds have flown about 10,000kms all the way to the arctic for food, sex, and to hatch the next generation of flying machines.

The economics of the proposed rescue package for the Portland aluminium smelter have been questioned, with claims consumers will pay higher power prices as a result of the deal.

Can we really continue our transition toward renewable energy without any extra costs?

Afghan refugees are happy to call Shepparton home; training up the next generation of jackeroos and jillaroos; we cruise Wilson Inlet with fisherman George Ebbett; and give baby crocs a helping hand into the world.

Over the weekend, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged the Coalition to dump the Renewable Energy Target.

Seed banks around the world aim to preserve the genetic basis of plant life in order to help humans adapt to future global climate change. We talk with several people involved in such endeavours, and we also meet American David Milarch who gives us a lesson in how to clone a giant Californian Redwood.

Seed banks around the world aim to preserve the genetic basis of plant life in order to help humans adapt to future global climate change. We talk with several people involved in such endeavours, and we also meet American David Milarch who gives us a lesson in how to clone a giant Californian Redwood.