What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.

The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

A koala hotspot on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales has been discovered thanks to thermal drone surveys. It’s one of the state’s highest-density koala colonies.

The NFL’s first game played down under will likely be a season opener at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which can hold more ...

Oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface, and their warming is gravely concerning. So how much is down to climate change ...

Darwin's long wait for the monsoon onset is finally over, with monsoonal winds and rain about to arrive in the city for the ...

A stunning new study is challenging the conventional wisdom about Earth’s continents. For years, we’ve been taught that Earth ...

In Tom’s Working Mine on the highway, we had a first-hand experience in how Opals are traced and extracted, both by modern ...

Australia is enduring a dynamic mix of severe weather this week, with flooding rain, bushfires, heatwaves, severe ...