Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dramatic scenery of Glen Helen Gorge, in the heart of Australia, draws painters such as Australia's Albert Namatjira. Florian ...

Traveling in the Australian outback comes with plenty of risks. Help is often far away, and there are many hazards to trip up even the well-prepared adventurer. One Australian family has found ...

A large chunk of burning detritus discovered in the Pilbara desert of Western Australia appears to be space junk that reentered Earth's atmosphere, the Western Australia Police Force has announced.

(CNN) — It appears in satellite pictures like great blotches of blue and green ink; swirling, spreading, sinking into parchment paper. In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland ...

In Australia in recent decades, the bilby, the bettong, or rat kangaroo, the brush-tailed possum and other medium-sized mammals all disappeared from the Western Desert. But ask the people who lived in ...

It burns hotter, faster, and is “changing the nature of Australia’s deserts” – now, leaders are travelling to Canberra to plead for action.

Elusive Marsupial Mole Spotted in Western Australian Desert An elusive marsupial mole, or kakarratul, has been spotted for the second time in six months by indigenous rangers in the desert of Pilbara ...

,For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation. Both sides of politics have supported proposals to irrigate the country's ...

On Sunday, a small space capsule was found in the Australian desert. The capsule had been dropped off by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which has been traveling for nearly six years in space to tag and ...