It was a single photograph of blush-colored land framed by endless blue sky that first convinced me I needed to see a pink lake in Australia with my own eyes. I had always been enchanted by travel ...

There is something slightly unexpected about seeing a pink lake for the first time. In photographs, the colour can seem ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- By the time Curiosity, the next Mars Rover, launches in 2011, scientists on Earth will know more about the potential for life on Mars because of microorganisms that live in Australian ...

Just a one-and-a-half-hour flight from Perth, you will find this charming beach town of Esperance, which serves as a gateway to dozens of pink and rainbow lakes. Here, you get to witness lakes that ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found that a lake on an island off the coast of Queensland has been relatively untouched by changes in climate for the past 7000 years, and has so far ...

There are many bizarre things in Australia, but Lake Hillier really is something else. The lake is famous for its vivid, bubblegum-pink color that it sports all year round. For decades, scientists ...

The lake owes its vibrant hue to a single-celled algae that thrives in conditions of extreme saltiness. Parks Victoria Last week, a Melbourne salt lake at Westgate Park turned a vibrant shade of pink.

The Pink Lake, famously known as Lake Hillier, is one of Australia’s most fascinating natural wonders. With its striking bubblegum-pink water that looks almost like a strawberry milkshake, this ...

Photos of Australia's Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. A rare flood of desert rain has transformed it from an arid salty basin to a spectacular, watery oasis.

Researchers have found that a lake on an island off the coast of Queensland, Australia, has been relatively untouched by changes in climate for the past 7000 years, and has so far also resisted the ...