Life can seem sparse in Australia's vast, arid inland plains. Smothered by rust-red desert sands, the skyline is distinguished by sporadic jutting rocks cutting into the enormous open skies. However, ...

Everything you need to know about the 10 deserts that make up almost a fifth of Australia. Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world – only Antarctica is drier. Seventy per cent of the ...

Coober Pedy, Australia, is famous for its underground life. The desert heat led residents to build homes, churches, and ...

A desert is typically defined as an area receiving less than 250mm of rain per year. Australia’s deserts sometimes exceed this due to uneven rainfall distribution. In the GVD, the average annual ...

How life manages to persist in unpredictable and extreme environments is a major question in evolution. For aquatic animals, extreme environments include those with little water such as the deserts of ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The remains of a multimillion-year-old coral reef have been discovered in the middle of a desert in Australia. Southern ...

Elusive Marsupial Mole Spotted in Western Australian Desert An elusive marsupial mole, or kakarratul, has been spotted for the second time in six months by indigenous rangers in the desert of Pilbara ...

,For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation. Both sides of politics have supported proposals to irrigate the country's ...