Budgies seem to have a sixth sense about where to find water, even in harsh conditions of the Australian desert.

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For a memorable day in the outdoors, nothing beats a good walk. Check out some of our favourite day walks in each state and ...

Australian researchers have studied the dance repertoire of cockatoos, and investigated why they bust these moves.

Satellite images showing the Earth illuminated in artificial light are becoming a glaring symbol of ‘light pollution’.

In the far north of Manitoba, in the middle of a subarctic landscape, a small community coexists with the mighty polar bear.

As climate change pushes species out of heat-ravaged zones and towards cooler regions, Australian researchers have found that ...

A new study has analysed hundreds of interactions between whales and dolphins to better understand a rarely studied behaviour.

Australia has its own Dark Sky Places, including three in South Australia – Arkaroola Dark Sky Sanctuary, River Murray Dark ...

We Aussies love our bad-boy antiheroes, and the armour-clad bearded bushranger Ned Kelly is the most notorious of them all.

Walking is one of the most accessible outdoor activities and Australia is packed with enough tracks to explore on foot over ...

Australian researchers attached 'backpacks' with tiny sensors on birds to discover the extraordinary ways they migrate to ...