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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A 30-foot juvenile humpback whale washed up on the beach in Atlantic City on Saturday morning, the second time in 15 days a young whale has been swept ashore in the casino town.

Sightings are so rare that no one has recorded the call of these elusive waders but a mission has begun to finally learn where they go when they disappear

Climate change is killing off cute pollinators like moths and bees — and yielding tons more flies

WASHINGTON — The new year brings challenges to Biden administration regulators: how to handle environmentally unfriendly riders inserted by lawmakers into the fiscal 2023 spending bill.

They are known for having deadly venom but a new study into the behaviour of funnel-web spiders finds they do not automatically resort to aggression.

In an effort to protect wombats during the floods, one animal conservationist has built burrows for the species as it struggles with habitat loss, disease and pneumonia.

A photo of a black-bellied whistling-duck at Wolf Lake forwarded by Dave Gajewski led to the rabbit hole around the mysteries of the species and their advance north; a chance to step back and consider the big picture in the outdoors.

Most European consumers’ shopping baskets tend to include items linked to deforestation in tropical regions, involving agricultural commodities such as beef, soybeans, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, coffee, timber and paper. These so-called “forest-risk” commodities are used in thousands of consumer goods ranging from hamburgers to chocolate bars.

Wildlife Victoria is calling for a halt to the state's kangaroo harvesting program until an independent survey assesses the impact of flooding on populations of the native species.

Drones with heat sensing technology are helping researchers find and track koalas in northern NSW after bushfires and floods.

African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. While this is largely due to European colonisation, poaching and habitat loss, these majestic animals now face another grave challenge.