Australia

Lifestyle & Belief
More people are running marathons than ever before. Why?
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Man cuts quartz in factory.
Health & Medicine
Lungs of stone: How Silica has sickened a generation of quartz cutters
Children ride on a motorcycle near a large billboard.
Human rights
New Zealand condemns China’s treatment of Uyghurs but won’t call it ‘genocide’
Music
Genesis Owusu’s debut album ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ doesn’t shy away from issues of race
A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne
COVID-19
Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne’s latest lockdown
Corals grow in the shallow waters around a small island in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. 
The Big Fix
This researcher finds hope in ‘bright spots’ among coral reefs
A gorilla appears sitting on green grass near a tree
Music
Canadian singer delights his gorilla superfans with Christmas songs
Research at The University of Sydney in Australia suggests cows have individual voices, and they talk to each other. 
The emotional lives of cows
To understand the effects of a big die-off, researchers set up experiments with wild boar carcasses.
Rotting feral pig carcasses teach scientists what happens when tons of animals die all at once, as in Australia’s bushfires
A man on an orange jumpsuit holds a koala with burned feet.
1 billion animals have died in Australian bushfires, ecologist estimates
One woman wears an white protective suit and has a large plastic jug strapped to her back; another woman stands next to her as both inspect a branch of a bush.
Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands
A Chinese flag flies in front of the Great Wall of China
A group of Western nations are planning to bulk up their Pacific presence to counter China
Trevor Noah
Women & Gender
How #MeToo in the Australian media has spread to other industries
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Baz Luhrmann
Arts, Culture & Media
Design for the Real World: Jay Harman
Arts, Culture & Media
360 Staff Pick: Byrne Country
Arts, Culture & Media
Will the Real Ben Frost Please Stand Up?
A biting midge pollinates a cacao flower on the Goodman Cacao Estate in Killaloe, Australia.
Food
Giant chocolate industry depends on tiny insects for survival
This image is from a video made in 2011 that compiled visualizations of the Antarctic ozone hole. Recent findings have shown that the hole is filling up — while other parts of ozone remain on the decline.
Science
The ozone hole over the Antarctic is beginning to fill up. Here’s the bad news.
The common housefly makes up just one of 150 families of flies.
Science
‘The Secret Lives of Flies’ provides insight into the diversity of the small insects
A supporter of the 'Yes' vote for marriage equality wears a shirt as he celebrates
Global Politics
Australians celebrates same-sex marriage legalization
Refugee advocates hold placards as they participate in a protest in Sydney against the treatment of asylum-seekers at Australia-run detention centers
Conflict
Papua New Guinea police move to evict refugees from Australia’s shuttered detention center on Manus
Sutherland Springs in Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 8, 2017
Culture
When trying to determine why the US has so many mass shootings, only one statistic matters
Some 600 asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea have refused to leave after Australian and Papua New Guinean officials formally shut down the camp and cut off power at the camp on October 31st.
Conflict
Critics warn of a humanitarian crisis for 600 asylum-seekers in an offshore Australian detention camp
Ali
Arts
Meet Ali Cobby Eckermann, the poet who writes about being Native in Australia
A gay rights activist holds a placard during a rally supporting same-sex marriage, in Sydney, Australia, May 31, 2015.
Justice
Think young Australians will ignore a nonbinding mail-in vote on marriage equality? Think again.
pigs and calves
Environment
Hugs, drugs and choices: Helping traumatized animals
Science
Watch one of the world’s rarest sea lions make a comeback on New Zealand’s mainland
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Global Politics
Trump thinks Australia ‘has better health care’ than the US. He’s ‘right.’
A protester holds a placard during a rally in support of refugees currently being held in Australia's offshore detention camps in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Many Australians want the 1,250 refugees being held at the two camps to be allowed to live in Aus
Justice
Trump agrees to honor Obama’s ‘dumb deal’ and resettle Australia’s offshore detainees. Those offshore camps had become an embarrassment for Australia
Luke Moore was living the high life.
Justice
How an Australian man got away with taking $1.5M of his bank’s money
C.W. Stoneking playing his electric guitar
Culture
How an Australian musician evokes the southern roots of the blues
unripened fruits of Solanum ossicruentum
Science
Here’s one tomato you definitely don’t want to eat
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service rangers inspect the Great Barrier Reef's condition in an area called the "Coral Gardens," located at Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia, on June 10, 2015.
Business
Great Barrier Reef bleaching could cost Australia a million tourists
Corals in Lady Elliot Island Reef
Science
For endangered corals, sperm-banking might be their best hope
Maryam Al-Khawaja
Conflict
Activists from around the world describe waging non-violent campaigns
A replica of Captain Cook’s ship, the Endeavour, sailing off the coast of New Zealand in 1995. The replica was built in Australia in 1994, where Cook is a national hero.
Science
Famous explorer Captain Cook’s ship may have been found in Newport, Rhode Island
Bleached coral in the Great Barrier Reef. From Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0
Environment
How worried should we be about bleached coral reefs?
A girl with rainbow colored earring and a T-shirt that reads "LOVE makes a family"
Media
Australian school official banned this film about kids of gay parents, but you can stream it now
Octopus in Germany
Science
Inky the octopus’s great escape isn’t really all that surprising — or unusual
Aboriginal women from the remote Central Australian community of Ampilatwatja performing at a public ceremony in 2010 to protest against the Northern Territory intervention.
Culture
‘Nude’ photos of Australian Aboriginal women trigger Facebook account suspensions
Family members of passengers on MH370 gather near the Malaysian Embassy in Beijing on the second anniversary of the disappearance of the plane
Technology
Two years after flight MH370 went missing, the search continues
An adult female "Ctenomorpha gargantua" from the first captive-reared generation, measuring 56.5 cm in total length.
Environment
This giant stick insect is so rare only three females have ever been found in the wild
Environment
Don’t panic about this hairy panic. Seriously.
Nakkiah Lui
Culture
An Aboriginal comedy show in Australia finds a mainstream audience
George Miller with Tom Hardy on the set of “Mad Max: Fury Road” (Jasin Boland)
Culture
The director of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ was a doctor before he started making movies
NZ flags
Arts
Lessons from New Zealand’s disappointing (and now complete) flag referendum
Graph of violence against women
Justice
New Zealand has a dark secret, female politicians say
Men in black uniforms facing each other doing dance
Culture
New Zealand rugby team’s haka dance isn’t just about intimidation
Captain Richie McCaw of New Zealand holds up the Webb Ellis Cup after winning the Rugby World Cup Final against Australia at Twickenham in London. New Zealand won by 34-17.
Sports
Update: The world’s ‘winningest’ team captures another Rugby World Cup
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop confers with a member of her delegation during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, New York.
Culture
Turns out emojis are really bad for diplomacy
A feral cat waits for scraps near a restaurant in the village of Meyisti on the Island of Kastellorizo which is the most easterly of the islands in Greece.
Environment
Australia plans to kill two million feral cats. Before you get mad, hear them out.
A screenshot from 'If You Are The One,' the Chinese dating game show that's a surprise hit in Australia.
Culture
Why Australia has fallen bizarrely in love with a Chinese dating show
Aboriginal activist and Australian Rules Football legend Adam Goodes kicks a ball during a team training session at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia, August 4, 2015.
Sports
This Australian football star is at the center of a racism controversy
NZ top four flags
Arts
It’s down to four. A New Zealand panel unveils alternate flag options, to a largely negative reaction.
Climbing perch.
Environment
Why Australia has a walking fish problem
Monterrey Pride parade
Lifestyle
Will Caitlyn Jenner bring more attention to the issues still affecting the transgender community?
Solar panels Cornwall, UK
Environment
The ‘Great Energy Transition’ is already underway, according to a new book
Music
He’s going to be huge. Before that happens watch Conrad Sewell sing his hit ‘Hold Me Up’
A photo of indigenous Australian singer Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, the Melbourne-based band that backs her.
Music
Emma Donovan is the Sharon Jones of Australia — and much more