The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide A$8 million ($5 million) to technology firm Licella for a study ...

Queensland, Australia, is experiencing a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare antibiotic-resistant disease caused by ...

The heavy rain and flooding that caused so much damage in north Queensland has now cleared, but in its wake stirs a deadly ...

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The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) ...

A new study finds that as temperatures rise, the animals are getting hotter, spending less time diving and putting more ...

A Queensland beach has been closed after what is thought to be a torpedo washed up on Thursday, sparking a significant ...

An exclusion zone has been set up after a "suspicious device" washed onto a beach. Queensland Police were made aware of an ...

Queensland, in northeastern Australia, experienced heavy flooding after storms dumped more than 1.5 metres (59 inches) of ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

Whether it crosses the Queensland coast or curls away from the mainland, Tropical Cyclone Alfred will make its presence felt ...

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...