The Australian colonies were particularly in need of skilled labourers and single women. There was strong demand for ...

Remote walks, beautiful waterways, refreshing swimming holes, brilliant camping in peaceful surroundings and enough flora and ...

Other human activities, including fishing, boating, underwater construction and polluting, are responsible for many injuries ...

But if agricultural yield drops, it can usually be compensated for by income from renewables. In NSW and Victoria, farmers ...

Feral horses are running wild across Australia, and it might be reducing the amount of carbon our alpine peatlands can store.

Read about how the small Australian town Tiaro is saving this iconic species - the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus).

For every 1°C of warming due to climate change, the atmosphere can hold seven per cent more moisture, causing supercharged ...

It’s the world’s driest inhabited continent, but Australia is also home to some of the planet’s most memorable river-borne adventures.

However, from research overseas, we know pesticides could kill frogs, or cause sub-lethal impacts such as suppressing the ...

A recent international report revealed that many of Earth’s great animal migrations are under threat, including some in Australia’s own backyard.

Once a prosperous and thriving community, the uranium-mining town of Mary Kathleen, about 50km by road east of Mount Isa in north ...

The fossil, hidden underground since the Ice age, has been brought to the surface in a precarious and meticulous mission ...