Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

Australians consistently choose familiar destinations for their holidays, favouring open landscapes, coastal walks, and food ...

KEY WEST, FLA. (WSVN) - It was home sweet home for a beloved sea turtle that was released after months of recovery in the Florida Keys. Molly the loggerhead finally returned to the water from a beach ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Treadgold is an Australian journalist specializing in mining Australia and China are edging closer to a re-run of their 2020 ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Australia is seeing more interest in its strategic critical minerals reserve from allies including the European Union since it signed a deal with the United States last ...

The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...

PERTH, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Oil giant ConocoPhillips (COP.N), opens new tab said on Monday it had struck gas off the coast of southeastern Australia after beginning its maiden exploration drilling on ...

Led by Ocean Conservancy researchers, the paper is the most comprehensive study yet to quantify the extent to which a range of plastic types—from soft, flexible plastics like bags and food wrappers; ...

Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis had a small skull and a body length of over 2.5 m (8 feet). It evolved an exceptionally long neck with 42 cervical vertebrae, twice the number observed in most coeval ...