The Mediterranean Basin, recognized as one of the top 36 "biodiversity mega-hotspots" globally, faces heightened risk from non-native plant invasions ...

The city of Ormond Beach is in the process of updating its code to require native plants be included in the landscaping for new developments. The City Commission unanimously approved an amendment to ...

About 250 km south of Perth, in Australia. The Greenbushes lithium ... The site comprises a large openpit mine, four processing plants – CPG1, CPG2, a tailings retreatment plant and a technical ...

Kochi residents have a reputation for enjoying a drink or two.

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...

Large parts of Mt Arapiles are rarely used for rock climbing, particularly on the western flank. Australian Climbing ... which is one of the endangered plants the survey said existed in climbing ...

Fernandina Beach residents are not backing down from the fight to keep a bioethanol processing plant from being built in the Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) campus in the city. At the ...

SYDNEY -- The mineral-rich sands beneath the farmland of Victoria are capturing attention from Australian miners and politicians keen to turn the country into a bigger producer of critical ...

"I used to live 5 minutes away and I'd never go to that beach on Australia Day because people ... and ramp closures depend on how much sand is available for parking due to tides on the day ...

Heidelberg Materials Australia, formerly known as Hanson Australia, acquired the Hardcore Sands and Pink Lily Sands ... 1.3 million-tonne-a-year grinding plant at Perth Naval Base and the 0. ...

First responders are sounding the alarm unstable sand at Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in Ocean County. Big, crater-like holes line the beach along a concrete walkway, the result of collapsing sand.

Celebrity pilot Jimmy Nicholson and his wife, travel host Holly Kingston have spent $2.6m at Avalon Beach. The couple’s new four-bedroom, three-bathroom 1980s-built home is set on a tropical ...