The platypus, a species unique to Australia, was reintroduced into the country’s oldest national park just south of Sydney on Friday in a landmark conservation project after disappearing from ...

The Northern Territory is home to 17 national parks, and a NT Park Pass is mandatory to visit nearly every single one of them. The best time to visit in terms of accessibility and safety is the ...

A 4x4 drives through the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The region now includes the new Nilpena Ediacara National Park, protecting some of the world’s most important fossil sites.

For 60,000 years, Australia’s Indigenous people have cared for their homeland’s most spectacular regions, full of giant reefs, pristine rainforests, and colossal gorges. Now, more than 220 ...

An Australian park ranger following a snake is being credited with catching what might be the world’s biggest toad. Dubbed “Toadzilla,” the cane toad weighed in at 2.7 kilograms, or 5.95 pounds.

Platypuses are egg-laying mammals with webbed feet and duck-like bills. WWF-Australia / Rob Brewster Platypuses are back at Australia’s oldest national park after disappearing from it roughly 50 ...