Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking and ...

Coolgardie is a pioneering mining town that thrives in a historic shire known for one of Australia’s biggest gold rushes.

Many Australians discovered the country’s extraordinary birds during COVID. They’d always been there, but it seems we were ...

Using tools borrowed from human medical research, we found that male dolphins with stronger social bonds appear biologically younger than their less social counterparts. This means their bodies show ...

But for David, Australia’s almost 100 species of native mistletoe are worth celebrating all year round. “We’ve got representations of lineages [of mistletoe] that date right back to Gondwana days. So, ...

IT’S A SCENE THAT IS SO AUSTRALIAN. Deep in the bush amid towering eucalypts, the only noise is the screech of cockatoos and a ground-dweller rustling in the undergrowth. Large kangaroos appear ...

Did you know Victoria’s Yarra River (Birrarung) has legal status as a living entity? This has been the case since 2017 when, in response to lobbying by various community and Traditional Owner groups, ...

You don’t need me to tell you Australia boasts a coastline of beautiful beaches … more than 10,000 of them, in fact. While some stretches of sand such as Surfers Paradise and Bondi are iconic, many ...

Fairy-wrens are among the most beautiful birds in Australia, but they have quirky personalities too. Here, you can get to know all 10 species. Recognisable by their sky blue-coloured caps, which ...

Once thought extinct, the night parrot is one of Australia’s most elusive birds, blending science and Indigenous knowledge in a fragile conservation story.

I’m tracking the Dog Fence from above in the front passenger seat of a Cessna 206. We took off in the tiny plane a couple of hours ago from the sandy airstrip that services the Wilpena Pound Resort ...

Aboriginal Australians are the world’s oldest astronomers. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE have passed down astronomical knowledge for generations. However little is known about this intimate understanding of the ...