Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers in 1916 have been found more than a century later on the country's south-western coast.The cheerful notes were penned just...

Two people have been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), the first such incident of its kind since...

A custom-made surfboard which fell off a boat in Tasmania almost 18 months ago has been found off the west coast of New Zealand, after drifting about 2,400 km...

Among the other players Morley will be looking out for is Roosters forward Angus Crichton - "he's such a handful, such a strong player" - and he acknowledges that...

Tens of millions of crabs have begun their annual migration on Christmas Island, turning the roads and undergrowth into a carpet of red.The island, located off mainland Australia and...

A British man has drowned after his surfboard snapped during wild weather in the Australian state of Victoria while the friend who tried to save him also died.Police were...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has strongly defended his ambassador to the US after Donald Trump said he did not like the diplomat during a meeting at the White...

CSIRO/Cindy BesseyThe new species of porcelain crab was found more than 100m below the ocean's surfaceA semi-transparent crab about the size of an almond and a tiny, glowing lantern...

Rebecca MorelleScience Editor andAlison FrancisSenior Science JournalistTony Jolliffe/BBC NewsCate Blanchett has teamed up with Kew's Millennium Seed BankShe's a Hollywood A-lister, with a mantelpiece groaning under the weight of...

Australia's tropical rainforests have become the first in the world to release more carbon than they absorb, in a trend linked to climate change, a study has found. Rainforests...

Australian police have called off a search for a four-year-old boy who has been missing in the outback for almost three weeks, after fresh efforts failed to find any...

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondentGrimmer familyCheryl Grimmer vanished from a beach in New South Wales in 1970The family of a British girl who disappeared in Australia more than 50 years ago...