Australia’s western and eastern ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots, separated by a dry desert interior. Yet millions of years ago, many species roamed more freely between connected habitats across ...
Minerals extracted from the dry sands of the Nullarbor Plain may reveal when it became the parched, treeless landscape we know today. Scientists have been trying to work out when the Nullarbor became ...
Drone image of the Bunda Cliffs, where the Nullarbor Plain meets the Great Australian Bight. Layering in the cliffs represent different limestone units. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...
Milo Barham receives funding from the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia, as well as Iluka Resources Ltd. for investigating mineral sands, including on the margins of the Nullarbor Plain ...
One of the first things visitors are told upon arrival at an outback WA bird observatory — 1,200 kilometres from the nearest capital city — is to switch their watches to Tokyo time. Along the ...
The Nullarbor is one of Australia’s iconic natural places. It’s renowned as a vast and mostly treeless plain. But hidden beneath this ancient landscape is an immense network of caves. These caves are ...
Most of us see only the dry treeless plain and spectacular sea cliffs. But beneath the surface there’s a precious world of caves and unique species that could be lost without better protection. New ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Madura One of the key road stops on the road across the Nullarbor Madura is located 1255 km from Perth and 529 km from Norseman. Another ...
After the caver noticed a giant gash across a barren landscape, scientists discovered it was created by a ferocious tornado that no-one knew had occurred. When you purchase through links on our site, ...