There are plans to convert thousands of square kilometres of Australia's coastline into marine parks...

Married to each other and both Senior lecturers and Senior scholars at Yale university, Mary Evelyn and John are internationally recognised contributors on ecology, the environment and World Religions....

New land-clearing rules introduced by the Victorian government could set neighbour against neighbour and divide communities, according to a professor of environment and planning....

A new Australian study claims female doctors are more caring when treating patients suffering depression....

The oil spill off the South Queensland coast seems to be bigger than first thought....

Negotiations on protecting endangered species are about to open in Doha, where Australia will push for stronger control of the trade in northern tuna, rather than an outright ban....

The Japanese coastguard has arrested New Zealander Peter Bethune, upon the anti-whaling activist's arrival in Tokyo harbour aboard the Shonan Maru II....

Helen Tzarimas looks at recent issues throughout regional New South Wales....

A group of scientists have spent six weeks on an expedition, carrying out extensive research on whales in the Southern Ocean....

An Australian-led Antarctic whale expedition is on its way home after six weeks in the Southern Ocean....