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

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

An endangered butterfly’s survival in Western Victoria isn’t the stuff of magic but rather a story of dedicated habitat restoration.

It’s one thing to experience the burn of a jellyfish sting, but how about a dose of psychological torture to go along with ...

Australian researchers attached 'backpacks' with tiny sensors on birds to discover the extraordinary ways they migrate to ...

Walking is one of the most accessible outdoor activities and Australia is packed with enough tracks to explore on foot over ...

One of the most profound questions we can ask is whether there are living organisms elsewhere in the universe. So far, there’s no firm evidence of life originating anywhere beyond the confines of our ...

New research has revealed a surprising trick in which birds use those boring black and white feathers to make their colours ...

We Aussies love our bad-boy antiheroes, and the armour-clad bearded bushranger Ned Kelly is the most notorious of them all.

In the far north of Manitoba, in the middle of a subarctic landscape, a small community coexists with the mighty polar bear.

Zoos Victoria’s Wildlife Detection Dog Squad was established in 2019 to help field researchers locate elusive threatened ...

South Australia’s family bike rides take you from the beautiful coast to city-based sojourns and wineries. Here’s some of our ...