The Great Barrier Reef may be facing its worse threat yet.
Australia’s ‘Man with the Golden Arm’ retires after saving 2.4 million babies — urges people to “break his record”
A rare antibody his body produces made his blood priceless to doctors.
Australia’s “Impossible” Renewable Energy Target Exceeded
Australia is set to exceed a target the Federal Government said was impossible to reach by 2020.
Penguins find unattended camera, snap a fabulous selfie
It’s one of the coolest selfies out there — it was made in Antarctica.
Geologists say part of northern Australia was once stuck to North America
We might learn more about a very ancient supercontinent called Nuna.
Biologists just discovered an underwater octopus city — they call it Octlantis
Ever wondered what an octopus city looks like?
Aboriginal people arrived in Australia 65,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought
The findings rewrite the story of the first Aboriginal people.
Nature’s Leaning Tower of Pisa: these Cook pines always lean towards the equator
Pines in the northern hemisphere face south and southern pines always face north, conversely.
Even ‘dirty’ energy companies don’t want new coal-fired plants in Australia. Not even for free cash
Everyone with sense except Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, realizes coal is done for.
New paper traces the history of termites — and it’s surprisingly similar to our own
Rafters, builders, annoying when they come into the house uninvited. We’re very similar.
Assessing the psychological profile of politicians definitely sounds like a good idea
Big corporations screen their executives for personality disorders. Why aren’t we doing the same for politicians?
Australia lobbies coal mine at climate talks
Bad Australia, bad!
This 50,000-year-old settlement found in Australia’s barren interior shows Aboriginal ancestors were skilled survivors
Right in the middle of nowhere, ancient humans ventured to start a new life.
Geoscience Australia confirms — last night’s tremor caused by asteroid impact
Monday night, a meteor put on a big show above Queensland.
The oceans are filled with song, and here’s a part of it
You could call it a flowing melody.
Abandoned gold mine in Australia gets turned into novel renewable energy hub
One of the cleverest things we’ve seen in a long time. One up for the environment.
Australia’s new $5 bill is one of the hardest to counterfeit in the world
A stunning new five dollar bill was released by the Australian government.
Letter signed by 154 Australian experts calls for the Land Down Under to step up its game
Policy and scientific fact don’t match, and the researchers urge for change.
People are dumping goldfish into an Australian river and they’re growing huge — by destroying the ecosystem
Tank’em, don’t dump’em.
Huge waves of foam wash over Froggy Beach after last week’s storm
Stormy weather has an unusual upside if you happen to live on Australia’s eastern coasts: giant waves of sea foam.