The Australian fairy tern, Sternula nereis nereis, is a threatened coastal seabird that breeds in colonies on wide-open beaches.Their nests are simple, consisting of a scrape in the sand where ...

The submerged colony's existence came to light as researchers meticulously explored the underwater realm, which had once been a thriving ecosystem on a landmass nearly 250,000 square miles in size ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology Monday for his country's role in ... Britain dispatched more than 150,000 children, involuntarily, to the colonies. In Australia, ...

It was an Australian colony, in one form or another, from 1919 until it was granted formal independence in 1975. Politically and economically, however, it has remained under the sway of Australian ...

The security pact effectively commits the former Australian colony to the escalating US-led confrontation with China, and is viewed as a model for similar deals with other countries across Pacific.

TWO hundred years ago its worst citizens were transported to the other side of the world, creating Australia in the process. Now cash-strapped Britain wants its former colony to keep its criminals ...

An overcrowded colony of about 1,000 koalas in Australia is being assessed this week for possible ill health in a survey that could lead to a cull, raising objections from animal welfare lobbyists.

The former British colony of Australia wants Britain to stay in the European Union, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, weeks before Britain holds a referendum on EU membership.