Sep 16, 2024 · Around 400 million years ago, before Australia was a continent on its own, we were lying on our side, attached to Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, …

Jan 6, 2025 · Think you know your Australian slang? You may have been barking up the wrong tree for donkey’s years. Advance Australia Fair. One of the first official tasks tackled by Prime …

Jan 16, 2024 · “When I opened the window, the rain just poured in, and I shone the spotlight around at the end of the [torch] beam. Sure enough, it was a thylacine, right in front of the car, …

Aug 26, 2024 · Records broken across Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology was expecting many records to be broken over the weekend across several states. On Thursday, bureau …

the short-beaked echidna will roll into a spikey ball. Image credit: shutterstock. The short-beaked echidna enjoys a diet of ants and termites, using its sharp claws and strong snout to crack into …

Jan 23, 2024 · Why are sea levels rising? Global sea levels are rising for two main reasons: the oceans are getting warmer, and land-based ice sheets and glaciers are melting.. As ocean …

Here are some of the highlights. March and September: eclipses of the Moon. During the early morning of Monday 8 September, the full Moon will move into the shadow of Earth and be …

Feb 15, 2023 · Despite its striking red bill and long white tail feathers (which make up half its body length), this species is difficult to spot in the rainforests and gullies where it lives, but is …

Apr 26, 2018 · A little penguin (Eudyptula minor).Image credit: shutterstock Only a tad bigger than a bowling pin, little penguins (sometimes called fairy penguins) are the smallest penguin …

When I had first looked out the window, following the gaze of my fellow passengers, I saw the vast flatness of the Nullarbor Plain stretched to the horizon where orange sand, mottled by grey …