As Tasmania battles more than a dozen fires sparked by a band of dry lightning strikes, some in high-value wilderness areas, ...

The Overland Track will stay closed until next week as a precaution while bushfires continue to burn through Tasmania’s ...

Lightning strikes across southeastern Australia last week and early this week have ignited fires in several states.

In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...

Firefighters are concentrating their efforts on containing more than a dozen bushfires burning on Tasmania’s West Coast. 17 ...

A grove of ancient trees, including Tasmania's oldest-known Huon pine tree, has come under threat by an ongoing bushfire.

A bushfire outbreak triggered by dry lightning is threatening a popular walking track, as firefighters battle ‘challenging’ ...

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) has requested interstate air support to help battle fires burning on the West Coast.

Western Victoria’s Grampians National Park is officially being ravaged by a complex of fires, as three different fire fronts ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only ...