That’s the situation that faced authorities in Australia, as they scoured over a thousand kilometers of desert highway for a tiny missing radioactive source with the potential to cause serious harm.

The composition of the mysterious balls that washed up on the shores of Australia last month has been revealed — and ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...

Geoscientists say a desert of limestone monoliths known as ... also the Mediterranean islands and coastline … and South Australia, [where] everything is made of similar rock," he said.

Behind this “Tardis” entrance is a comfortable desert home that could be on another ... Coober Pedy is Australia’s equivalent of the wild west, and the properties are among of the nation ...

Michelle Hamadache has signed a statement of solidarity with Palestine from academics in Australian universities. While Hasib Hourani’s Rock Flight and Samah Sabawi’s Cactus Pear for My ...

A new species of lizard has been discovered in mountains and ranges in the Central Australian desert. The Liopholis aputja is deeply genetically divergent from its most closely related lizard ...

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Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese explained the legislation during a news conference on Thursday, Nov. 7 Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

nestled beside the arid expanse of the Taklimakan Desert, lies Makit county, where farmers cultivate an unexpected aquatic delicacy — Australian freshwater crayfish. Zang Yundong This unusual ...

Australia's oldest scientific institution-and one of ... It's not just a trove of succulents and cacti, either. There's also a desert wildflower garden dedicated to brightly colored blooms and the ...

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