Australia is not only the smallest continent but also Earth's largest island. But the land Down Under wasn't always so isolated; it was once part of a bigger supercontinent. So when did Australia ...

A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a painstaking conservation project. And as Karen ...

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the completion of the first phase of a continent-scale mapping initiative ...

Looking at some of the early European cartographers' maps of the Australian continent, it's hard to not be amused by the inaccuracies. In one, we see Queensland conjoined with Papua New Guinea, while ...

In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner – spotted a towering shore of ice on the horizon. This was the first ever sighting of the Fimbul Ice ...

Australia might not be as far away as it used to be because the entire continent has moved 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) since 1994, according to Reuters. How did this happen? Tectonic shifts are the reason.

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Marta Yebra is a member of the ACT Multi Hazards Advisory Council and The International Academy of Astronautics. This year’s fire season in Australia feels unpredictable. One week brings torrential ...