Western Australia
Welcome to the Pilbara
The Pilbara region in north-western WA reaches from a coast harbouring ancient art across an ochre-red inland cut by gorges and waterfalls.
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Science & Environment
NASA scientists have travelled to the Pilbara to find out more about Mars
Travelling to the Pilbara and studying its ancient rock formations may give scientists the best opportunity for spotting life on Mars.
Wildlife
Meet Raptor-Rose, custodian of the Pilbara’s birds of prey
Wildlife carer Rose Best has been running the Pilbara’s only animal rehabilitation centre for well over a decade.
News
Oldest evidence of life on land discovered in Western Australia
Fossils discovered in the Pilbara, Western Australia, have thrown life on land back half a billion years – and offer scientists new clues on where to look for life on Mars.
News
Scientists have found catfish eating mice
While looking for parasites, a team of WA researchers came across something unusual – catfish with a hunger for mice.
Science & Environment
Hickman Crater in Western Australia
Traces of outer space were the last thing on geologist Arthur Hickman’s mind as he trawled Google Earth’s satellite imagery, and yet, that’s exactly what he found
Reader Photos
A curious longicorn beetle
A longicorn beetle makes a pit stop in campgrounds of the Pilbara
Destinations
Pilbara’s Karinji NP: Culture etched in stone
Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, Western Australia’s Pilbara region stretches from a coast harbouring ancient human art to an ochre-red inland cut by gorges and waterfalls.
Destinations
Gallery: The Pilbara landscape of stone-etched stories
Encompassing 200,000sq.km of some of Earth’s most ancient rocks, this remote part of WA is covered in stories carved in time. Read the full story in Australian Geographic magazine #120.