NT girl at ‘top end’ for kindness
Year 6 student Jorja Zelley from the Northern Territory is one of six Aussie kids recognised by the Fred Hollows Foundation as a Junior Ambassador following volunteer work in the community
Year 6 student Jorja Zelley from the Northern Territory is one of six Aussie kids recognised by the Fred Hollows Foundation as a Junior Ambassador following volunteer work in the community
A ballerina otter, an enchanted turtle and a rock star roo: these are the hilarious winners of this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
An iceberg that’s twice the size of London and two thirds the height of the world’s tallest skyscraper has started drifting away from Antarctica and could wind up in British waters
With the help of artificial intelligence, royal fans have been given a wildly lifelike glimpse into the future
Urgent koala conservation underway with tree corridors being built to protect the animals in the wild
Apex marine predators such as great white sharks regularly visit the midnight zone more than 1000m below the ocean’s surface – but it’s a secret society as scientists don’t know why they do it
The Royal Australian Mint has released a special edition 50c coin featuring six faces of Queen Elizabeth II to commemorate the late monarch’s 70-year reign
It is 100 years since the first radio show was broadcast to Australian listeners from a Sydney station. Radio has come a long way in a century and is still as relevant today as it was in 1923
Eleven-year-old Tilly Williams has become the fastest girl in the world after she beat teenagers and adults to run 5000m in just 17 minutes and 22.7 seconds
It’s bigger than most cats, can crack open coconuts with its teeth and has been a champion at hiding from humans. Now Australian researchers have captured this giant rodent on film
Two turkeys stole the show as the American President turned 81 – but what is Thanksgiving and what have turkeys got to do with it?
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship made it to space before two explosions destroyed it minutes into the test flight. But Musk doesn’t see this as a setback
The Aussies have made history, winning their sixth World Cup in India and defeating the hosts by six wickets in their only loss of the Cup, thanks to a sensational performance from Travis Head
A southern cassowary has been filmed swimming to the shore of a Queensland beach in a ‘fish out of water’ moment, proving the flightless bird is not afraid to get its feathers wet
Australian sailor Tom Slingsby was inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame earlier this month before sealing his place among the sport’s all-time greats with yet another world honour
School swimming lessons in the sea are back on in South Australia after the Education Department reversed a snap ban prompted by a spate of shark attacks
The annual Hindu Festival of Lights celebrates the triumph over darkness and this year’s burning lamps broke the record – but air pollution levels in India highlight fireworks and smoke impacts
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been put to the test by the nation’s best young spellers. Discover if he was able to match their impressive word skills
A young boy’s lucky guess won him nearly $800,000 in solid gold, in an event for influencer Logan Paul’s cult Prime energy drink
Australia’s largest lolly shop has rideable dinosaurs, a life-size ‘human claw’ for maximum scooping, one of the biggest pick and mix aisles on Earth and plans for a Guinness World Record bid
Incredible video footage shows a new island bubbling up from the depths of the Pacific Ocean during a volcanic eruption off the coast of Japan
A shipwreck with the largest amount of treasure ever lost at sea will soon be dragged up to the surface after sitting at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea for the last three centuries
The Melbourne Cup is famed as ‘the race that stops a nation’ but this year’s capacity crowd at Flemington could barely be heard above the inflation dragon’s roar in Mark Knight’s cartoon
Aussie big-wave hunter Laura Enever has broken the world record for the largest wave surfed by a female after tackling an enormous wall of water in Hawaii
Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell has pulled off one of the most remarkable rescue missions in World Cup history, overcoming crippling cramps to hit a double century and win the match
NASA has revealed the famous hoop rings around Saturn will no longer be visible from Earth in just 18 months. We investigate if the change is permanent or not
All four living and passed members of The Beatles have come together with the help of AI to release a new, chart-topping song
Residents of a small village in Switzerland are fighting to keep traditional cowbells on their cattle after new residents complained the noise was keeping them awake at night
His story has been largely lost to history, but the youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup was a ‘little freckled lad’ from Victoria – and he was only 11 years old
