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Australia

Chinese Investors Just Bought 1 Percent of Australia

Nearly 30,000 square miles were sold.

Erik Shilling April 20, 2016

A Junket to The Most 'Interesting' Town on Earth

How a trip to the Australian outback got weird, and beautiful.

Jessanne Collins April 13, 2016

Australian Uses Phone to Download Nearly a Terabyte of Free Data in One Day

Including 24 seasons of the Simpsons, 14 seasons of Mythbusters, and the entire Wikipedia database.

Erik Shilling April 8, 2016

The Worst Bleaching in the History of the Great Barrier Reef

Scientists are sounding the alarm.

Erik Shilling March 29, 2016

Meet Patrick, the Biggest, Oldest Wombat in the World

The 30-year-old marsupial weighs around 85 pounds.

Tao Tao Holmes March 29, 2016

Australia Is Investigating 'Wind Turbine Syndrome,' Which Probably Isn't Real

No direct evidence has been found to prove the disease exists.

Erik Shilling March 23, 2016

Found: Five Drowned Limestone 'Apostles'

There were originally 12 of the cliffs standing in Australia.

Sarah Laskow March 10, 2016

Newly-Identified Spider Rides Waves, Catches Fish

The spider is named for a Columbia University string theorist.

Erik Shilling March 9, 2016

Video Wonder: Underwater Rugby

How do you play rugby in a pool? Like this.

Tao Tao Holmes March 7, 2016

Thomas Jefferson's Dream to Rid the Oceans of Salt

A massive new industry in modern times, desalination has a long history.

Ernie Smith March 7, 2016

Residents Mostly Chill About Hairy Panic Invading Australian Town

Erik Shilling February 19, 2016

One of the "islands" in Lake Ballard as a backdrop to one of the figures

Ularring, Australia

Inside Australia

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

Video Wonder: Sydney Men Narrowly Avoid Lightning Strike

Urvija Banerji February 2, 2016

crime and punishment

Video Wonder: Australia's Accidental Heroes

Ella Morton January 27, 2016

The Snake Catchers Who Handle Australia’s Most Venomous Home Invaders

Ella Morton January 20, 2016

Cow up a Tree, Australian history and humor

Melbourne, Australia

Cow Up a Tree

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

Permanently Closed

Welcome to Wycliffe Well

Davenport, Australia

Wycliffe Well

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

From Gift-Giving Koalas to Surfing Santa, How Christmas Imagery Gets Australianized

Ella Morton December 11, 2015