Three men have been arrested in connection with thousands of tonnes of illegal waste dumped in an ancient woodland. Hoad's ...

In a Commonwealth Census some decades ago a mysterious entry appeared in the “religious observance” category. In the small ...

With the Lifeline Bookfair, the National Multicultural Festival, markets and more happening, this weekend in Canberra will be ...

The Wollemi Pine’s bark looks like bubbling chocolate—but its real secret? It’s a 200-million-year-old survivor from the age ...

Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Western Australian artist Darrell Sibosado on treating indigenous art like any other form of contemporary art rather than an ...

Time and space shifting: author David Cairns on the difficulties of writing detailed historical fiction set in Scotland from ...

Exploring material histories through ceramics and painting, these two exhibitions make for a sympathetic pairing.

US President Donald Trump says “everybody loves” his plan for a US takeover of Gaza and turning it into the Riviera of the Middle East, but allies are baulking at the idea. Many countries including ...

The Outback Way is the stuff of legends — thousands of kilometres of dirt road through the centre of Australia into uncharted ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...