In Australia’s mangrove-lined mudflats and estuaries live armour-plated mud-dwellers with massive bone-crunching claws.

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The Kimberley is beautiful any time of year, but from March to May – waterfall season – it is even more spectacular.

After a stellar 50 years as one of the country’s major scientific assets, the Anglo-Australian Telescope continues to play a ...

This patch of remnant bush on the edge of the West Australian wheatbelt is a place loved by one of Australia’s rarest bird ...

Roger Smith is the author of Australian Geographic’s Treading Lightly column. Roger has a long background in nature conservation, citizen science, wildlife tourism and energy-efficient housing. Now, ...

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the ...

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.

What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.

On October 10, NASA is launching a new space mission to find habitable spots on Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon.