Scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) are working to classify a mysterious new species of giant jellyfish after a specimen washed up on a beach in southern Tasmania, Australia.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has announced it will allow the dumping of three million cubic metres of dredge spoil from the Abbot Point port redevelopment within the marine park’s boundaries, despite other options being available to them.
The team searching for a missing 12-year-old boy snatched by a crocodile have reportedly found human remains near the waterhole where he was swimming in the Kakadu National Park, Australia
A teenage bodyboarder has been killed in a shark attack in Australia, the second death from an attack in November.
An Australian businessman has been found guilty of killing his ballerina fiancée by throwing her from the balcony of their high-rise balcony in Sydney.