Fifteen years after she came into office it’s clear Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister, has left an ...

A crunching of the numbers reveals some extremely sobering facts about the carnage caused by feral cats in Australia. One of the many mysteries of Stonehenge – where its Altar Stone came from – has ...

Sydney, it’s your time to shine, because this beautiful little frog has made its choice. Found nowhere else on Earth except a tiny pocket in the Sydney Basin, the red-crowned toadlet (Pseudophryne ...

Dubbo and the Great Western Plains could be one of Australia’s most underrated natural treasures. Make it your next road trip ...

In the beautiful Pacific Northwest , Washington State’s abundance of adventure qualifies it as one of the world’s best outdoor playgrounds.

The state government-sanctioned euthanasia sparked global attention and criticism, but experts say the root of the problem ...

Australia has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – have been rediscovered.

Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their footprints yield a major discovery. The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution ...

While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our heads.

Just 70km north of Alice Springs is a place called Black Tank, an outstation where Aboriginal communities share their stories.