We are barreling down the beach at 100 kilometers an hour in a tricked-out four-wheel drive, the ocean surf crashing to our left and the British house band Faithless detonating through the speakers.

Australia’s Fraser Island is the latest destination to have its Aboriginal name restored. The world’s largest sand island, which is located off the coast of Queensland state about 250 km (155 miles) ...

A tourist hot spot off the coast of Australia, Fraser Island, will once again be known as K'gari, its original Indigenous name, the Queensland government announced. The island, which is located ...

Get over it” is the message from an Indigenous elder weighing in on the controversy sparked by the launch of a petition to ...

Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bushfire that already destroyed 40 percent of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island before a heatwave hit Monday. The fire on the ...

Many parts of Australia are known worldwide for the large numbers of marlin roaming through the waters. Cairns became one of the most prestigious black marlin fisheries more than 50 years ago with the ...

This week I decided to combine a sea floor image with a post about a paper that came out in *Geology *this month about everybody's favorite topic -- sediment transfer to the deep sea! The paper is ...

Last year, the country suffered catastrophic wildfires. Now, it is watching as a scenic getaway burns. What the rest of the season brings may depend on heat waves, winds and dried-out grass. By Damien ...

A tourist hot spot off the coast of Australia, Fraser Island, will once again be known as K'gari, its original Indigenous name, the Queensland government announced. The island, which is located ...