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Something unusual may be unfolding in the Southern Ocean. In late June, whale watchers in southwest Western Australia reported a sharp drop in humpback whale sightings, around 60% below normal, just when the whales should have been migrating north to calve and feed.

A long-term shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean has played contrasting roles in wildfire activity on opposite sides of the world, amplifying fire-prone conditions in the southwestern United States while easing them in eastern Australia. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Pacific Ocean pattern increased drying-related burned forest area in the U.S.

An Australian public library has received a book that was returned around 150 years overdue, with the "late fee" calculation coming to about A$28,000 (around Rs 16 lakh) under the library's original rules.

For generations, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre has inspired some of Australia's most ambitious dreams. At its lowest point, the vast salt lake lies about 15m below sea level, making it seem well placed to receive seawater from the nearby coast.

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the New South Wales high country, launching what would become the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. The Snowy Mountains Scheme set out to do something that sounds almost implausible on paper: capture water from rivers flowing east off the Snowy Mountains toward the Pacific Ocean and redirect it inland instead, through a network of tunnels and dams, to generate hydroelectric power and irrigate the dry farmland of the Murray and Murrumbidgee river valleys.

Australia's under-16 social media ban faces hurdles as most teens still use it. Experts say bans succeed when applied widely, paired with alternatives, and framed positively.

What happens when a library book turns up 150 years late--hidden in a fireplace? A dusty discovery in Australia reveals a curious past.

A volunteer with ORRCA noticed a humpback whale swimming behind the pod and started recording.

Quoting the rules of Islam, the lawmaker said the comment made her feel uncomfortable and singled out because of her religion and culture.