Boston: A majority of Americans believe the Ebola virus can be spread by sneezing or coughing and more than a third fear that they or someone in their immediate family may contract the deadly disea

London: An earthquake struck Iran's western 11 am province near the border with Iraq on Wednesday, injuring at least four people, officials said.

Caltex Australia faces a fine of as much as $2 million for an uncontrolled discharge of about 170,000 litres of petrol at its Banksmeadow Terminal at Port Botany in July last year.

Intensive rainfall over Monday night and Tuesday morning has flooded parts of the South Coast in Narooma, Tathra and Bermagui.

A new research project led by the University of Melbourne aims to make Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) forestry industry financially sustainable and bring social and environmental benefits to the developi

In the summer of 2010-2011 Western Australia experienced an unprecedented heatwave — but not on land.

NEW YORK: Drastic measures taken by Melbourne City Council to save the city's heat-ravaged trees have been recognised with a global climate change award.

Australia can end its reliance on coal while maintaining economic growth and lifestyles on par with today's standards, according to a major report to be handed to world leaders at a special climate

Environmentalists are suing the state government for failing to look after three threatened species of owl found in key logging areas of Gippsland.

India is preparing to lift its solar target to 15 gigawatts by 2019, more than five times current capacity, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to accelerate clean-energy deployment.