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Wet weather from the La Nina weather pattern has brought one piece of welcome news - the state has continued to record good air quality.

A hazard reduction burn in Yiraaldiya National Park Thursday 9 March 2023 in Western Sydney is business as usual for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.

The secret to bringing one of the state’s most cryptic and restricted seabirds, the Kermadec petrel, back to its original home may be some good, old-fashioned historical sleuthing.

For half a century the southern bell frog had not been detected in the Great Cumbung Swamp in far southwestern NSW.

Platypus have returned to Royal National Park, after being locally extinct for 50 years.

Plumwood Mountain, the remote 120-hectare bush property where Australia's most prominent environmental philosopher Dr Val Plumwood resided and worked, has been listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.

Four new populations of a rare orchid have been discovered after a ‘Science in the Pub’ session spurred bushwalkers and nature lovers to look out for the yellow flowers.

World Rainforest Day is on 22 June. It recognises the importance of healthy rainforests for our climate, biodiversity, culture and livelihoods, and highlights things we can do to protect and restore them.

The endangered Australasian bittern is being heard in near-record numbers in the Barmah-Millewa Forest, giving hope for the species' long-term survival.

NSW residents in metropolitan and regional areas last year enjoyed the best air quality since the monitoring network began nearly 30 years ago, the NSW Annual Air Quality Statement has found.