It happened during a multi-day hike in western Victoria. I’d been walking along a steep trail on a rocky escarpment when ...

Researchers have discovered that cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads.

Summer is here, and so is our annual pick of the best adventures in Australia and New Zealand for this season. Check ’em out!

A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it.

Cartographer Will Pringle created beautiful, exquisitely detailed maps for Australian Geographic for almost four decades.

I squint my eyes in a vain attempt to see more clearly. The water is so dark, so still, that it perfectly reflects the paperbark branches overhanging the riverbank. I struggle to identify where the ...

There’s something special about paddling as part of a group that shouldn’t be overlooked, even for experienced sea kayakers.

1797: Merino sheep introduced to Australia. Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in present-day South Africa, to Port ...

After almost four decades of creating beautiful, exquisitely detailed maps for Australian Geographic, Will Pringle has put down his professional cartographic tools for the last time.