Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bushfires are environmental disasters and highly damaging to all the wildlife. Raptors, including the kite species, are well-known ...

Three people, including a child, are missing after bushfires tore through parts of Victoria under “catastrophic” conditions, destroying homes and forcing emergency warnings across south-eastern ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The world's attention is focused on Australia, where more than 200 active bushfires are burning. Most of those are burning along the coast, where more than 85% of the country's ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C. Emergency ...

Good rainfall across much of Australia in the past year has kept the vegetation green and rivers flowing. For the fifth year in a row, our national environment scorecard for Australia’s landscapes in ...

AUSTRALIA -- An animal rescue group in Australia is now caring for a group of baby wallabies after they were rescued from the devastating wildfires. Seven joeys were taken to the home of ecologist ...

AUSTRALIA -- The family of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is continuing his legacy of rescuing and saving wildlife in danger. Irwin's daughter, Bindi, and the rest of the Irwin family have ...

Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next ...