Scientists have identified two new marine species off Western Australia: a small, glowing West Australian Lanternshark and a delicate porcelain crab living symbiotically with sea-pen corals. These ...

Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is known for its breathtaking turquoise waters and diverse array of marine life. Home to over 500 different species of fish, the elusive (and rather massive) whale shark is ...

This is the jaw-dropping moment a “biblical plague” of 50 million crabs head to the ocean to breed. The swarm of cannibalistic critters shut down roads from the jungle to the coast on Christmas Island ...

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The surface of Australia's oceans were hotter on average last year than ever before, according to a new report, and the rising temperatures are detrimental to the wellbeing of our sea life. The Bureau ...

Like the Pacific Coast Highway in California or the Sea-to-Sky Highway near Vancouver, the Great Ocean Road in Australia’s state of Victoria is one of the greatest drives on the planet. Between ...

Beachgoers in Australia last month initially thought it was a turtle or a shark’s dorsal fin in the ocean. But upon closer inspection, they were stunned to see a cassowary – sometimes dubbed "the ...

The view from the wide balcony of 48 Jamieson Court in Cape Schanck, Australia, looks out over the vivid greens of the National Golf Club, as well as the deep blue expanse of Bass Strait, which ...

Senior Naval Officer Western Australia, Commodore Brett Dowsing, RANR, speaks at a media conference on the arrival of Indian naval ship Shivalik into the Port of Fremantle as a part of Exercise ...

Australia's primary climate drivers are currently in a neutral phase, which means the weather around Australia is likely to be be dominated by more local effects heading into winter. The El Niño ...