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Mysteries of pigeon milk explained

Pigeon mothers produce ‘milk’ that has similar nutrients to the milk mammals produce, new research shows.

The dingo came to Australia via southern China, and much earlier than previously thought, says new research.

In the wake of seagrass damage from the 2011 floods, traditional owners have decided to stop hunting dugong.

Work by Australian scientists has found that fossils of one of our oldest human ancestors are two million years old.

An Aboriginal object so sacred that for a woman to see it “would mean death” has been put up for auction in the UK.

Minus most of the skull, the skeletal remains of bushranger Ned Kelly have been found at Pentridge Prison.

Tasmanian tigers had skulls too weak to hunt much more than possums, according to new research.

Heritage listing doesn’t fully protect Kimberley from development, but cements it as “a significant Aboriginal place”.

A new online database of obituaries aims to catalogue the lives of interesting Australians.

A bomb crater has been uncovered in Darwin’s city centre by a roadworks crew.