Several wildfires are also burning in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne, Australia’s second biggest city, is located.

Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next ...

Good rainfall across much of Australia in the past year has kept the vegetation green and rivers flowing. For the fifth year in a row, our national environment scorecard for Australia’s landscapes in ...

Three people, including a child, are missing after bushfires tore through parts of Victoria under “catastrophic” conditions, destroying homes and forcing emergency warnings across south-eastern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bushfires are environmental disasters and highly damaging to all the wildlife. Raptors, including the kite species, are well-known ...

AUSTRALIA -- The family of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is continuing his legacy of rescuing and saving wildlife in danger. Irwin's daughter, Bindi, and the rest of the Irwin family have ...

During a fire, heat and moisture from the plants are released, even when the fuel is relatively dry. Warm air is less dense than cold air so it rises, releasing the moisture and forming a cloud that ...

Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban wildfires similar to the deadly blazes in Los Angeles last year. Suburbs on the ...