An environmental agency says black balls that washed up on Sydney beaches aren't tar, but a "complex composition" of "mixed ...

But what makes Australia’s beaches so special isn ... Make it happen Golden Beach is 250 kilometres east of Melbourne – consider a visit in winter for ultimate isolation.

Authorities on the alert for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have tested dead shearwaters, also known as muttonbirds, in ...

According to experts, the large number of seabird deaths at one time is referred to as a “mass mortality” or a “wreck” event.

It's the most photographed beach in all of Australia, and after one look at its white sands, you'll understand why. Stretching across more than 4 miles of Whitsunday Island's east coast ...

Wildlife rescuers are increasing measures to prevent the potential spread of the deadly bird flu strain H5N1, which is yet to arrive in Australia, as they respond to reports of thousands of dead ...

Horrified beachgoers are reporting thousands of migratory seabirds dead or starving on beaches from North Queensland to ...

It's not uncommon for locals to report such a sight, but there's likely a sinister reason it's happening, one expert warns.

Council workers clean up tar balls that washed up on beaches in Sydney's east. Picture: NewsWire/Damian Shaw. Waverley Council announced on social media on Friday its beaches had reopened.

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a ...

The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia — about ...

Hundreds of golf ball-sized black balls have washed up on several Sydney beaches, prompting the closure ... it’s come from the south, north or east off the coast of New South Wales," director ...