Zoe Kean

Sometimes dubbed mermaid’s purses, these strange and wonderful works of nature are a common find on Australian beaches and scientists want beachcombers to help them learn more.

James Chung Gon arrived in Australia to try his luck on the goldfields of Bendigo. Legend has it that all he had to his name was a shilling in his pocket, but he turned it into a fortune.

Tasmania’s native bees aren’t as notorious as the Tassie devil or the swift parrot. But these tiny, unassuming and strangely beguiling bugs are incredibly important to the state’s forests and fields.

In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world’s last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress’ garden?

How the pademelon often tricks the world into thinking it is the extinct thylacine, and seven other wild pademelon facts.

This simple task can help save you money and keep you warm in winter. You’ve just got to remember to do it.

Welcome to Tattsmania. From mountains, devils, tigers, and tunes, why is it that tattoos are so popular in Tasmania?

How a tin miner living in remote Tasmania helped discover what may be the world’s oldest and most mysterious clone that has excited scientists for years.

Huge patches of forest in Tasmania have rapidly turned brown over recent months, with many trees dying after a dry summer. As climate change causes hotter and drier weather, can we expect more tree deaths in the future?

In 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary become the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Just under 10 years later, Norgay made his mark in another place of wild beauty — Tasmania.