National Parks

Nepali runner Sangé Sherpa returns to the Grampians with an unconventional race tactic and a global field of competitors chasing him. 

With sacred springs and water holes in northern WA drying up, the WA government decides to relocate where it is extracting groundwater from. 

About 50,000 people climb Bluff Knoll in WA's Stirling Range each year, and emergency services say they are being called to more rescues as hikers underestimate the challenging track.

Rock climbers are publicly urging others to ignore Parks Victoria's requests to avoid culturally significant routes at Mount Arapiles Dyurrite in western Victoria. 

A decades-long conservation project restoring vegetation between two renowned national parks could be accelerated using the carbon economy. 

Crowds gather to celebrate the anniversary of a pivotal moment in the Aboriginal land rights movements, as the prime minister speaks from Uluṟu for the first time since the failed referendum.

The Victorian government clarifies rock climbing bans remain in place in the Grampians and other sites after a message spread online that the bans "were off".

The success of a small, autumn prescribed burn on WA's south coast has prompted calls to replace the regular program to reduce environmental damage.

Victoria Police says its search for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman will continue as the Mount Buffalo National Park partially reopens.

Rock art has significant cultural importance to traditional owners, and is a highlight for visitors who make the hike to see it. These Ltyentye Apurte Rangers are working to help keep them protected from wasp nests.

The floodwaters that have created an expansive inland oasis on the usually arid salt beds of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre have reached a peak, and are beginning to evaporate, a local pilot says.

A Kakadu National Park firearms dealer faces charges by NT Police for failing to properly store hundreds of guns being kept on a property at the park.

A hunky brown bear named 32 Chunk has waddled away with the Fat Bear Week title for 2025. 

Four men, including a pilot who survived a fatal chopper crash in 2022, are facing Commonwealth charges for allegedly stealing saltwater crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park.

A report recommends building a gondola to the tune of $44 million to bypass catastrophic road failures that have long plagued the Jenolan Caves.

Apiarists are concerned they are losing access to public land in Victoria that provides a critical food source for their hives.

New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife staff have spent 18 months transforming eroded vehicle trails into rehabilitated walks, opening previously inaccessible viewpoints.

Conservation groups are celebrating proposed legislation for three new national parks in Victoria but not all bush users are happy.

The timber industry says, despite years of consultation, it has been ignored after 176,000 hectares of NSW state forest was ruled off-limits to loggers.

For the first time, researchers have been able to successfully breed and release into the wild an endangered species of mountain frog.