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In its latest effort to shore-up supply, Water Corporation is adding thousands of plastic hexagons to dams to stop drinking water from being lost to evaporation.

Southern Western Australia is hosting two key projects, as solutions — big and small — are sought for the nation's growing energy needs.

Known for its vivid colours, the sunset frog is limited to a tiny pocket of swamp on Western Australia's southern coast and is under increasing threat.

Conservation groups are demanding the Federal Environment Minister step in to stop WA's Department of Biodiversity and Conservation burning peat swamps in the state's south west.

Environmental groups call for the federal environment minister to intervene over the burning of ancient peat swamps near Denmark in WA, just months after the area was listed as an endangered ecological community. 

Giant trees, pristine rivers and sparkling blue oceans continue to draw thousands of hikers to the Bibbulmun Track, decades after the first sections were created.

Researchers identify thousands of locations for potential micro-pumped-hydro energy storage across rural Australia, using pre-existing farm dams and rivers.

Baby loggerhead turtles washed ashore after winter storms blew them off course need plenty of TLC before they can get back to their globe-crossing journey to Africa.

Heavy rainfall and cold temperatures across southern WA has broken records, with one weather station on the south coast topping a 48-year record by nearly 100mm.

A WA parliamentary committee has stood by the state's Parks and Wildlife Service, after ecologists called for an inquiry into the prescribed burning program. 

The massive wave is earning a reputation around the world as it draws daredevil surfers and photographers to the region.

It has been revealed a prescribed burn that broke containment lines and burned more than 25,000ha of forest near Walpole last November cost more than $680,000 to extinguish.

When 84-year-old Jean Lawrence was forced to forfeit her licence the thought of losing her independence caused great stress. But after taking driving lessons, she resat the test in a mission to get back behind the wheel.

Stunning videos and images illustrate how the First Australians rely on cues in the world around us to determine the change of seasons, but climate change is disrupting the natural order. 

When a beloved mentor died before he could run in a gruelling 320-kilometre endurance race, his friends stepped in to help him complete his dream.

Described as "jewels of the bush", Christmas spiders emerge in prolific numbers across southern Western Australia during the warmer months.

Conservation scientists are calling on WA's environment minister to review prescribed burning practices after a fire escaped containment lines burning more than 10,000 ha of wilderness. Mark Bennett reports.

The blaze escaped containment lines in the Walpole wilderness, home to the largest quokka population in the world, and took almost two weeks to extinguish.

Forget street names and numbers, one tiny town on Western Australia's south coast uses nicknames on its shacks as a point of reference, a tradition passed down through generations.

The system will provide back up power to the tiny WA town of Walpole, but the new technology has the potential to solve power reliability issues for communities across Australia.

Alan Rowe says he has forgiven the priest he claims abused him as an 11-year-old — but not the Catholic Church. Mr Rowe is now suing the church, claiming it is vicariously liable.

Samples have been gathered of plants and tiny insects which volunteers fear will be lost when a section of forest is burnt as part of WA's prescribed burning policy.

A parliamentary committee has heard WA's prescribed burning program is becoming increasingly problematic given the drying climate. There are calls for an independent review into the long held approach, with criticism it is failing to protect rare and endemic biodiversity.

The third cold front in as many days sweeps across Western Australia's south coast, bringing a swell of more than seven metres, and wind gusts topping 80 kilometres per hour at Albany.

This WA roundabout has been named worst in the state, driving motorists to distraction and occasional destruction. Just what makes this traffic junction so "confusing"?