An international team of researchers have found that the world's oceans have actually been warming 50 per cent faster than previously thought.

Researchers have developed a system for quantifying the potential biodiversity benefits of tree plantations based upon intended management practices and geographic location of the plantation.

The outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish that has been plaguing the Great Barrier Reef is waning, but coral disease is on the rise, a new study has found.

The changing climate threatens many fisheries that rely on coral reefs, both by damaging the reefs and through other less explored effects, a study warns.

A disease that has lead to the extinction of 200 frog species worldwide is now being carefully monitored, as a result of Australian research.

A new study has resulted in a guide that identifies which species may be threatened by environmental change, and those that are likely to become pests.

A faster and more thorough method has been developed to examine how safe recycled water really is to drink, by testing for a wider range of pathogens.

Research has shown that good management of tropical forests would help to soak up a lot of carbon emissions, helping to protect against climate change.

During the worst international food crisis in half a century, Australia's national science agency, the CSIRO, has decided to cut agricultural research, writes Julian Cribb.

Researchers have found strategies that could reduce cane toad populations, such as releasing a fear pheromone or attacking bacteria that helps the toad.

Researchers have found a dinosaur fossil in Australia similar to some South American fossils, showing that the two regions exchanged dinosaurs long ago.

Researchers have found that spreading dingo urine in reforestation areas scares kangaroos and wallabies away, sparing them from being poisoned.

Research has found that the New Zealand bellbird can change its nesting behaviour to avoid exotic predators, raising hopes for other island birds in similar situations.

Mercury levels in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes are high enough that they could be a contributing factor to dolphin deaths, new research has found.

The UN food summit closed with a strong statement on agriculture, but failed to adequately address several other key areas, such as implementation of the ideas, argues Joachim von Braun.