As new agricultural areas opened across Australia, wheat became our primary crop and eventually an export commodity.

Ningaloo and some remote northern reefs had largely escaped the worst effects of coral bleaching – but now a severe marine heatwave is taking its toll.

For centuries in Australia, our geographical remoteness has shaped our history and identity. This was outlined famously in Geoffrey Blainey’s seminal book, The Tyranny of Distance. And in our regions, ...

To shoot our three-part Regional Innovations series we called on the talents of Western Australia-based photographer Duncan Wright. The innovation coming out of regional Australia now is so exciting ...

Members of Conservation Volunteers Australia clean up plastic litter in Moreton Bay in Brisbane. Image credit: courtesy Conservation Volunteers Australia When he and his colleagues analysed dozens of ...

Comparisons were drawn to Roswell in the United States, with some ufologists arguing the Wycliffe Well area’s high level of UFO activity was related to top-secret military presence in the outback – ...

Roger Smith is the author of Australian Geographic’s Treading Lightly column. Roger has a long background in nature conservation, citizen science, wildlife tourism and energy-efficient housing. Now, ...

Whether you’re going ultralight on foot or squeezing gear into a bike bag for a fastpacking trip, space and weight are precious commodities. Add preparing meals to the list of ways you’re improving ...

When we took a closer look, we found each of the 15 Heliozelidae has an intricate structure at the tip of its abdomen that collects pollen. There’s nothing else quite like this in the 150,000 known ...

A food-fan’s favourite Every good hike or afternoon at the beach deserves an equally good feed, and Hong Kong has a plethora of quality dining options. The territory has 79 Michelin-starred ...

There’s a deferential hush surrounding Melbourne-based master violin-maker Rainer Beilharz as he carefully removes the bottom end block, bridge, strings and tailpiece of a 1717 Stradivarius violin. He ...

It’s in our natureNews An ocean like no other: the Southern Ocean’s ecological richness and significance for global climate The Southern Ocean, also called the Antarctic Ocean (or even the Austral ...