In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

New research shows educational disadvantage begins when children are as young as two if they cannot access child care. With about one-quarter of the country living in "childcare deserts", experts are ...

Low-income earners in Australia can now afford so few rentals a new “unaffordability heat map” is essentially one giant red ...

The Australia Pavilion at Expo 2025 opens this weekend. How does it compare with an earlier iteration, Expo 70's space age ...

As outback Queensland floods, animated satellite imagery shows the floodwaters gushing towards Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in South Australia.

A few weeks ago, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he was still going to impose tariffs on Canada. A simple ...

From secret military bases to uninhabited islands, Trump's sweeping tariffs have left no corner untouched-even places with no trade, no civilians, and no exports ...

The desert that we see today in Arabia was once a region that repeatedly underwent 'green' periods in the past, as a result ...

The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.

Large new areas of desert and arid areas are likely to be protected under ... including in areas sought for farming or other human uses. This cropped map shows Australia's protected lands and waters ...