Victoria’s promised new national parks in the central west are vital to safeguarding forests and the hundreds of rare and ...

Now one of Australia’s best-known tourist attractions, this hauntingly beautiful former convict site has a dark history.

The recent discovery of five new coral species around the Indo-Pacific could have critical implications for reef management.

Turning hemp waste, such as the stalks and trash left over from harvest, into an industrial product is an emerging industry.

The third in our series on great Australian walks sees us select five of the best in South Australia, from the coast to the ...

Some people spend a long time focused on a single topic. But how about a third of a century to find out how fast fingernails ...

Australia has its own Dark Sky Places, including three in South Australia – Arkaroola Dark Sky Sanctuary, River Murray Dark ...

Kakadu is wild: A land where humans are just another species fighting to survive in the eternal dance of evolutionary ...

Budgies seem to have a sixth sense about where to find water, even in harsh conditions of the Australian desert.

Satellite images showing the Earth illuminated in artificial light are becoming a glaring symbol of ‘light pollution’.

As climate change pushes species out of heat-ravaged zones and towards cooler regions, Australian researchers have found that ...