More than 1,300 people died on Australia’s roads in the last year. New modelling identifies the people and regions most at risk of future tragedies unless there’s a more targeted approach to road ...

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...

From birds flying across continents to sea turtles returning to the same beach, animals have incredible navigation skills. But how do they do it without maps or technology? Discover the science and ...

The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be ...