More than 395,000 acres from four of Australia's national parks was returned to the Aboriginal Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in a "historic" agreement, officials announced Wednesday. Among the land is ...

An adrenaline-filled adventure deep in the Australian rainforest — searching for and safely handling some of the country’s ...

Researchers studied rainforests in northeastern Australia. These wet rainforests are very dense, and their canopies help cool down their ecosystems and store large amounts of carbon. Robert Linsdell ...

Chrissy Grant has been a member of the Kuku Yalanji negotiating committee for the past four years. “Our goal is to establish a foundation to provide confident and competent people with pathways and ...

When it comes to cooling the planet, tropical forests serve an important purpose as “carbon sinks”—their trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air, storing it within their stems and branches. Now, a ...