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German minister says Brazil’s new government offers ‘great chance’ to protect rainforest after widespread destruction.

The world’s largest wild population of water buffalo now roam Australia. As does the largest wild herd of camels. We have millions of feral goats and deer. For these introduced species, Australia is a paradise. Plenty of vegetation, and not many predators, other than dingoes, crocodiles and humans.

Introducing a virus to cull carp in southeast Queensland waterways has in-principle support from the government but concerns for the effects on other species mean it is not yet a done deal.

The apex predators appear at the Bremer Canyon every summer to search for food and find a mate, but their migration patterns leave scientists baffled.

Researchers tracking the sleep of fly-in fly-out workers find most are "barely scraping" the threshold for adequate rest on days off — let alone days on shift — in the largest study of its kind.

Ornithologists call for urgent research as Scottish puffins among those found washed up dead in Spain

The invasive plant can cause problems for people across the city

Months on from a mass whale stranding on Tasmania's west coast, researchers say all the effort saving and refloating 44 of them has paid off with electronic trackers confirming they are thriving.

One campaigner says beavers have already been 'studied to death' and that Wales was behind the rest of Europe on reintroductions