A study released on Monday by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, has shown that three-quarters of Australian coastlines' rubbish is plastic from local urban cities, which is threatening marine animals.

With an aim to curb the ongoing sediment dumping at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the Queensland government has proposed a plan that would prevent such activities.

Earlier, the central government had approved for a reef dumping plan with a view to expand major port, but this plan proved hugely controversial and has faced severe criticism from environmentalists.

Townsville taxi driver Phil McNamara was holidaying with his friends when Papua New Guinean volcano Mount Tavurvur explosion happened last week. While capturing a minute-long video of the explosion, the Queensland resident would have never thought that this video would make him famous.

A group of geophysicists have managed to map the changes in the global tectonic plate movement over a period of time.

Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere by studying the horizontal movement of tectonic plates over the surface and usually this movement is not uniform.

EOS Space Systems and Lockheed have entered into a partnership to develop a space junk tracking centre in Western Australia.

EOS Space Systems already has a tracking centre at Mount Stromlo in the ACT. Addition of one more will help the company to improve its coverage, as it no more be bound to one location.

Cane toads that have a personality to go boldly to places where no cane toad has gone before make the way for more timid toads to quickly take over new territories, according to Australian researchers.

Back in the 1930s, the cane toads were first introduced into Queensland and presently they are found as far south as Sydney and as far west as Kununurra.

An 18-day long survey was carried out on Lacrosse Island and Buckle Head, two islands in the Kimberley. The survey has unveiled about unknown threatened native species like the northern quoll and a tree-rat.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot has said that an underwater search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume off Western Australia in about a month. Mr. Abbott said that he is willing to continue the fight to find answers because he deeply feels for the Australian families who lost their loves ones.