Ecotourism

With international borders closed, we've been forced to get creative about the way we see our country.

Six-figure sum deal will grow area's conservation land to over 1000 hectares.

"We started Majestic Whale Encounters because we wanted to show people the life-changing experience that swimming with whales can bring," says Carmen

An agreement between the owners of remote Flinders Island and the State and Federal Government is creating a safe haven for some of Australia's threatened species.

The bid to open up the area for oil and gas exploration is the latest evidence of an industry push south from the Pilbara into the Coral Coast, campaigners say.

One of Uganda's famous mountain gorillas, popular with tourists is killed, leading to the arrests of four men who could face life in prison as a result.

The aisles throng with people, few wearing masks, and hum with the din of humans, birds, reptiles and mammals all mixed together. It stinks too.

The Sunshine State is perfectly poised to cash in when the cruise industry resumes business, but when the ships return so will their environmental impact.

The notoriously difficult task of breeding koalas for the wild may become a reality thanks to an outpouring of donations in the wake of last summer's bushfires.

This summer is shaping up to be more dangerous, more destructive and more deadly than the last – and it won't be because of bushfires.

The footage shows elephants chained up and trained to perform tricks, like walking on their hind legs, spinning a hula hoop with their trunks or painting on a canvas.

As their relationship sours, can Australia realistically "diversify" from its biggest trading partner?

The Federal Government has released a map showing possible areas for petroleum exploration that fishers and tourism operators say are uncomfortably close to Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay.

Australia's island destinations attract millions of visitors a year. We need a better approach to ecotourism to protect their natural assets.

A nature reserve in India could soon be the only location in the world to host wild populations of four major big cat species.

A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean, but the island nation is preparing for "a worst-case scenario", with several cracks seen in the tanker's hull.

A critically endangered Fijian iguana — first identified after a screening of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon — may need to find a whole new island to live on.

Campaigners who helped end logging and mining in the spectacular paradise of lakes, rainforests and beaches now fear global heating

With nominations flowing in from across the nation, narrowing down our top ten finalists for this year's Australia's Favourite Family Business competition

David Crisafulli said the state's public service needed a "new approach".