Little Earth Talks

A comprehensive history of Australia's most well-known bird.

A 23-year-old student has filed a lawsuit against Australia's government alleging it has failed to disclose climate change-related risks to investors in the country's sovereign bonds, in the first such action.

‘Is it venomous?’ is arguably one of the most common questions asked in Australia, home to 170 species of snakes and 2,000 species of spider. Parents of two and with regularly visiting British relatives, Nic and Murray Scarce know the benefit of being able to accurately identify some of Australia’s most notorious wildlife. “During one...

Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about how dangerous PFAS chemicals travel ocean currents and harm wildlife — and what that could mean for humans.

Starting with his campaign against the damming of the Franklin River, Brown has had a huge impact on the place of the environment in Australian political debate.

After 50 bilbies were released into Mallee Cliffs National Park in 2019, ecologists have now recorded the first signs of a new generation.

The virus threatens to push half a billion people into extreme poverty around the world.

Eruption 37,000 years ago may have sparked a legend about four giants

Australia’s devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with increasing reports of rivers drying up and platypuses becoming stranded.

This season's bushfires have "rewritten the rule book" as ecologists fear more than 80 per cent of the world heritage-listed Blue Mountains have been lost.

Mercury hits 43.6C in Canberra and 48.9C in Penrith, making it one of the hottest places in the world