Perhaps it was the fear of the 5am alarm or the prospect of puffing up 500 steep stone steps before breakfast, but of our APT Tour group of 18 there are just three takers for our 6km hike in Watarrka ...

The first time you drive into the Australian Outback, it’s hard to grasp the scale of it. The road stretches endlessly ahead.

Raymond Island is slightly off the beaten path, and has no hotels, shops, or restaurants—but this biodiverse wonderland has become a wildlife lovers’ dream.

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

People say the Australian outback isn't that dangerous if you stay on the roads and drink plenty of water. And sure, millions ...

At Anna Creek Station, a lean crew manages thousands of cattle across arid land where rainfall averages just 140 mm a year.

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

Together, we bounce past the dingo fence outside town and cross into the Never Never. Roadside spinifex and saltbush bloom a surprisingly lush green after recent rainfall. Stray kangaroos skip out of ...

Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home.

The Australian government spends more money on activities that harm biodiversity than those that protect biodiversity, a new study suggests. Australia is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive profile the inland taipan and box jellyfish to show the specific antivenoms and first-aid steps that keep people alive in the Outback.

Governments are now investigating whether strategies like this are a long-term, viable option for limiting the damage from flooding.