Research has uncovered evidence that the evolution of mammals began in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere, challenging hundreds of years of scientific dogma.
The most complete skull of a giant wombat that roamed the continent 80,000 years ago has been described for the first time in history.
1887: The Murray River’s resources are tapped.
There are big plans in the works to conserve one of Antarctica’s smallest species.
It’s that time of year, when baby red crabs make a dash for safety and become the meal of many a voracious predator on Christmas Island.
The first images of a nebula from the James Webb Telescope gave astronomers remarkable insights into the death of the star that created these beautiful haloes of gas and dust.
Ten kilometres south of Darwin, the natural beauty of Channel Island and its surrounds belies its tragic past.
On this day 40 years ago, the first Tasmanian-made Igloo Satellite Cabin was flown onto Antarctica’s Magnetic Island.
The first known head and body of a 100-million-year-old elasmosaur have been found in Western Queensland.
The remains of the last-known thylacine, thought for decades to have been lost, have in fact been sitting in the collection of a Tasmanian museum.