Australia

The aerial water tanker they were in crashed while they were battling wildfires in southeastern Australia

“Smell that?” My husband gave me a look as we waited by Sydney Airport’s luggage carousel. It was smoke, not unpleasant, like a distant neighbor’s wood fire, but persistent and odd in a place that’s...

The plane was battling wildfires in the Snowy Monaro region of Australia's southern New South Wales state

Intense thunderstorms have brought hail and strong rains to some regions of Australia, where bushfires have been burning at an unprecedented scale. Farmers and firefighters alike celebrated the rain, which has helped disperse smoke in...

The Wollemi Pine had only been seen in its fossilized form and was thought long extinct before the stand was found in 1994

'We have to urgently stop burning coal,' writes Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull