New Zealand’s Great Walks are popular for good reason: they are simply brilliant. If you’re keen to walk one of them, ...

Fifteen years after she came into office it’s clear Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister, has left an ...

Dubbo and the Great Western Plains could be one of Australia’s most underrated natural treasures. Make it your next road trip ...

The NSW Central Coast hinterland beckons with its eco-certified blend of nature, heritage and gourmet experiences.

The state government-sanctioned euthanasia sparked global attention and criticism, but experts say the root of the problem ...

In the beautiful Pacific Northwest , Washington State’s abundance of adventure qualifies it as one of the world’s best outdoor playgrounds.

Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their footprints yield a major discovery. The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution ...

The extinct Malleodectidae family of carnivorous marsupials has become a little bit bigger with the addition of a newly described species – Malleodectes arenai – and a new genus so strange it has been ...

Australia has a remarkable reputation as a place where animals believed to be extinct – sometimes for more than a century – ...

A crunching of the numbers reveals some extremely sobering facts about the carnage caused by feral cats in Australia. One of the many mysteries of Stonehenge – where its Altar Stone came from – has ...