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Labor to rule out controversial ‘national interest’ exemption for coal and gas if Greens back nature laws

How to make sustainable seafood choices this Christmas to ease the pressure on Australia’s oceans

The 2025 Oceania photo contest winners – in pictures

Cop30: countries still far apart as climate talks overrun – as it happened

A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend

There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot

Week in wildlife: traffic-stopping reindeer, wildcats and a giraffe on the move

Three-metre giant oarfish, ‘palace messenger’ of doom, washes up on Tasmanian beach

Cop30 draft text omits mention of fossil fuel phase-out roadmap

White House announces new oil and gas drilling off California and Florida

Pelosi calls Trump ‘the biggest con job in American history’ in reply to climate comment

Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue

Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit

Ottawa officials to cull ‘mindblowing’ influx of thousands of goldfish in pond

Leaked Coalition talking points direct MPs to argue dumping net zero does not conflict with Paris agreement

Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

Quebec lake breaks bank and empties out downstream – video

Trump officials reveal plan to roll back regulations in Endangered Species Act

‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change

Thousands of toxic sites across US face risk of coastal flooding

Raiders of the lobster pot: wily wolves learn to haul in Canadian crab traps

Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped

Australia’s failed bid to host Cop31 looks like a mess – but it may actually be the best result possible | Adam Morton

Nazi bombs, torpedo heads and mines: how marine life thrives on dumped weapons

Papua New Guinea ‘not happy’ as Australia walks away from bid to host Cop31

Turkey to host Cop31 climate conference after Australia drops push to hold it in Adelaide

Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says

People in the US: tell us how the climate crisis has affected your life in small ways this year

Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away

Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’

Coalition and Labor negotiate nature laws as Greens warn compromise would show it was ‘written for big business’

Combining western science with Indigenous knowledge could help the Arctic

Cop30: Scientists warn countries must act decisively to protect people and life or risk ‘suffering for billions’ – as it happened

China doesn’t want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns

Drone footage shows ‘mountain’ of fly-tipped waste in Oxfordshire – video

Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds

Unprecedented marine heatwave decimates corals at Ningaloo reef – video

Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows

'Exceptionally rare' pink grasshopper spotted by New Zealand ranger – video

Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’

Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

Tropical cyclone Fina intensifies to category two and could hit NT coast on Friday

‘Exceptionally rare’ pink grasshopper spotted in New Zealand

Stranded whale euthanized after failed rescue attempt off Oregon coast

More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out

Surgeons reattach 10-year-old girl’s hand nearly lost in Florida shark attack

Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’

As New York City builds flood resilience, a Queens neighborhood feels neglected: ‘We are forgotten here’

Can mountain lions make a comeback in the US north-east? One group hopes so

‘Sustainable’ Cambridge busway will cause irreversible ecological harm, inquiry told