A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or ...

Beneath the deserts of Australia, a tiny and mysterious mammal glides through the sand-the marsupial mole. There are two ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is ...

Red dust, remote bush and thousand-kilometre journeys now form a quintessential Australia travel experience. For that we can thank Bill King.

As I write, hundreds of ancient human remains are secretly being buried in a remote desert 1,000km from Sydney (New South ...

Protecting 30% of Australian lands sounds good – but what matters much more is whether we’re protecting dwindling habitat for ...

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with unconfirmed sightings suggesting it may still exist. A fascinating native Australian ...

The celebrated Australian chef dazzled diners with a multicourse dinner during Palm Desert Food & Wine at Parker Palm Springs ...

Here’s something you may not know about Alice Springs: this desert township in the heart of the country knows how to throw ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

In South Australia, scientists with Flinders University have made a breakthrough when it comes to the long-lost desert rat-kangaroo, last recorded in the 1930s and declared extinct in the '90s.

Heavy downpours in the Simpson Desert have left a man stranded in his vehicle while authorities make enquiries about another ...