Australia
Australia Rains Bring Relief From Fires—and a Surge in Deadly Spiders
Encouraged by wet and hot conditions, male funnel-webs spiders are venturing out to find mates
Australian Bushfires Reveal Hidden Sections of Ancient Aquaculture System
The eel-farming system of the Budj Bim Cultural Landscape is older than both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids
Australian Firefighters Have Saved the Last Groves of a Rare, Prehistoric Tree
Just 200 Wollemi pines exist in a remote gorge, prompting a critical operation to protect them from bushfires
Australia’s National Park Staff Is Now Air-Dropping Food to Wallabies
Wallabies often survive the bushfires, but their natural food sources do not
More Than One Billion Animals Have Been Killed in Australia’s Wildfires, Scientist Estimates
Some researchers believe the number could be ‘a very conservative figure’
The Victorian Tattooing Craze Started With Convicts and Spread to the Royal Family
A new series of data visualizations offers insights on the practice's historical significance
Undersea 'Hotels' Deployed to Help Sydney's Endangered Seahorses
Captive breeding and microhabitats may help restore White's seahorse whose population plummeted 90 percent in the last decade
Australia Is Battling ‘Catastrophic’ Bushfires
‘I’ve been in this industry for 40 years and I have not seen a scenario like this before,’ one fire official said
A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home
At long last, the remains of Mungo Man are at rest after an agonizing clash between modern science and an ancient spirituality
Most of the World’s Macadamias May Have Originated From a Single Australian Tree
But this lack of genetic diversity could put cultivated macadamias at risk
Scientists Discover Fungus That Collects Gold From Its Environment
The Australian fungus could help miners find the next generation of underground gold deposits
Australia Has Several New Dragon Lizard Species—and One May Already Be Extinct
A new study shows the endangered grassland earless dragon is actually four separate reptile species—and one hasn't been seen since 1969
A Nanoscale Light Trick Is the Key to Peacock Spiders' Super-Black Spots
A new study shows how patches of bumpy microlenses capture 99.5 of the light that hits them
Historians Are Looking for Images of the HMS Beagle's Anchors
Researchers are hoping to confirm that they have discovered an anchor from the ship that carried Darwin stuck in the mud of an Australian river
Climate Change Has Made Droughts More Frequent Since 1900
Tree ring data from various parts of the world shows that greenhouse gas increases have impacted soil moisture for over 100 years
Thousands of Invasive Cane Toads Overtake Florida Community
A mild winter and rain has led to a spring explosion of the amphibians, which are clogging pool filters, lawns and driveways
Is That Wallaby Sprouting a Second Head?
Last week, the first baby wallaby to be born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in three decades poked its head out of its mother’s pouch
New Dinosaur Species Found in Australia Reveals a ‘Lost World’
<i>Galleonosaurus dorisae</i> thrived in the now-vanished Australia-Antarctica rift
Month-Long Oil Spill in the Solomon Islands Threatens World's Largest Coral Reef Atoll
Australia has stepped in to help contain the 600 tons of heavy fuel oil leaking from the transport that ran aground on Rennell Island early last month
Australia Allows One Million Tons of Sludge to Be Dumped on Great Barrier Reef
A loophole in Australian federal law allows dredging spoils from port maintenance to be dumped in the marine park
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