ENVIRONMENT

Steps are taken to counter the breach in Australia's live sheep export rules as a new report found that Australian sheep are brutally treated in several Middle East countries before slaughter.

There is a decline in the rate of Australian students studying science and maths in Australia and worldwide; it might be due to the current economic state of the nation.

The government of Zimbabwe has announced that there will be no charges against Walter Palmer, the American dentist who killed Cecil the lion, due to legal papers that allow him to conduct the hunt.

Taking a step toward the revival of the extinct woolly mammoth, a team of Russian scientists is planning to clone the giant using the skin cells recovered from its ancient remains.

An association of the world’s leading electricity firms urges policymakers in the upcoming climate summit to push for the development of innovative technologies combined with effective policies to meet climate goals.

A Canadian start-up has launched its pilot project that will suck CO2 out of the atmosphere to convert it into pellets, which will be used as alternative to fossil-fuels.

Climate change has resulted in low productivity, while farmers are already dealing with issues like droughts as well as seasonal variability.

A young Texas girl would give Robin Hood a run for his money with her crossbow targeting skills.

Quick and innovative solutions by the US innovative leader might solve the lack of innovation action in Australia.

As temperature in Australia is rising, people are doing bizarre things to beat the heat.

Scientists fear that the global decline in honey bee population will result in colony collapse disorder.

For breakthrough discovery that neutrinos can change identities and has mass, Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur B. McDonald of Canada will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015.

Dyesol, a NSW company, is about to make Perovskite solar cells that are likely to perform better than its former silicon cells and are energy efficient as well.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric predator lizards that co-existed with aboriginal inhabitants of Australia.

In a bid to implement better safety measures and to cut down on the overcrowding at Mount Everest, Nepalese officials are planning to exclude beginners, persons with disabilities and the elderly from climbing the highest peak of the world.

A couple in Australia were surprised when a healthy koala appeared to be hanging on their car’s grille after a road accident and surviving a 10-kilometre journey at 100km/h.

The Queensland government released an assessment showing the Great Barrier Reef has remained in poor condition despite pollution prevention efforts.

Youth Insearch has found success in helping young Australians facing a variety of issues avoid trouble, with long-lasting effects.

The Pacific Warning Centre issues a tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake rocked Chile on Wednesday night.

The UK Met Office has released a new report indicating a strong El Niño is now underway, and years 2015 and 2016 are more likely to have record-breaking global temperatures.

Pacific leaders and Australian officials have been raising protests against Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton due to his “insensitive” joke on the situation of Pacific countries experiencing climate change.

Pacific leaders warned a possible walk out or to ask Australia to leave the Pacific Islands Forum happening this week if it insists on compromising the new goal to curb warming by 1.5°C.

Another 12-year-old girl from UK has outperformed Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking in a modern IQ test, setting a new maximum IQ score of 162.

A heavy sandstorm has hit the Middle East, impacting the Syrian air strikes and leaving hundreds of people in the hospital.

The California State Senate has passed a bill to ban the use of plastic microbeads in personal care products to prevent water pollution.

The animal protection group is seeking a stop to annual driven hunts in South Africa, two months after the killing of Cecil the lion.

A global call from campaigners on green earth urges billionaire Bill Gates to divest investment in fossil fuel.

Scientists have extracted DNA from a pair of kangaroos that was found in a cave in Tasmania and is said to have died 45,000 years ago.

Two treasure hunters caught a footage of a shipwreck in Lake Michigan, which they believe is of the 17th century ship called the "Griffin."