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Feral Cats Have Taken Over Australia, And The Government Is Now Fighting Back

Australia may very well be the land of cat people — but not exactly by choice.

By Krissy Howard • Jan 25, 2017

Feral Cats Have Taken Over Australia, And The Government Is Now Fighting Back

Australia may very well be the land of cat people — but not exactly by choice.

By Krissy Howard • January 25, 2017

Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • Jan 12, 2017

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Aboriginal Australians Co-Existed With Giant Reptiles And Marsupials For Over 17,000 Years

A new discovery shows that these enormous megafauna went extinct far later than researchers had thought.

By All That's Interesting • January 12, 2017

How Bunny Rabbits Took Over Australia — And What The Government Is Doing About It

Thanks to one bored 19th century hunter, Australia has a massive rabbit problem.

By All That's Interesting • Dec 31, 2016

How Bunny Rabbits Took Over Australia — And What The Government Is Doing About It

Thanks to one bored 19th century hunter, Australia has a massive rabbit problem.

By All That's Interesting • December 31, 2016

Australia’s Centuries-Long Genocide Against Aboriginal People

For nearly two centuries, Australia pursued deliberate policies of extermination against the native people that have left scars visible to this day.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 16, 2016

Australia’s Centuries-Long Genocide Against Aboriginal People

For nearly two centuries, Australia pursued deliberate policies of extermination against the native people that have left scars visible to this day.

By Richard Stockton • November 16, 2016

The Great Barrier Reef Could Be Global Warming’s Latest Victim Because Of Coral Bleaching

Coral bleaching is killing the world's most impressive reef. These stunning photos reveal exactly what's at stake.

By Erin Kelly • Apr 27, 2016

The Great Barrier Reef Could Be Global Warming’s Latest Victim Because Of Coral Bleaching

Coral bleaching is killing the world's most impressive reef. These stunning photos reveal exactly what's at stake.

By Erin Kelly • April 27, 2016

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLIII

The World’s Most Majestically Terrifying Skywalks In 2007, a 70-foot-long pedestrian bridge was built out over the edge of the Grand Canyon. The glass beneath tourists’ feet was all that separated them from the Colorado river and the canyon floor, 720 feet below. This would, naturally, scare some, and, just...

By John Kuroski • Oct 9, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXLIII

The World’s Most Majestically Terrifying Skywalks In 2007, a 70-foot-long pedestrian bridge was built out over the edge of the Grand Canyon. The glass beneath tourists’ feet was all that separated them from the Colorado river and the canyon floor, 720 feet below. This would, naturally, scare some, and, just...

By John Kuroski • October 9, 2015

The Earth Strikes Back: Five Places Reclaimed by Nature

The world is brimming with more than seven billion people. As the human population continues to rise, land and resources are increasingly engorged and it’s starting to look as if nature has a grim future. But, even on a planet blanketed by concrete and steel, plants and animals still find...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 2, 2015

The Earth Strikes Back: Five Places Reclaimed by Nature

The world is brimming with more than seven billion people. As the human population continues to rise, land and resources are increasingly engorged and it’s starting to look as if nature has a grim future. But, even on a planet blanketed by concrete and steel, plants and animals still find...

By All That's Interesting • September 2, 2015

Australia’s Creepy Doll Hospital

For some of us, dolls are sinister, nightmare-inducing creatures with distant, glassy eyes that follow us around while they plot our demise in their little doll heads. Maybe these fears stem from a childhood misgiving, like cutting off most of P.J. Sparkle’s hair and dyeing it a magical shade of...

By Erin Kelly • Sep 28, 2014

Australia’s Creepy Doll Hospital

For some of us, dolls are sinister, nightmare-inducing creatures with distant, glassy eyes that follow us around while they plot our demise in their little doll heads. Maybe these fears stem from a childhood misgiving, like cutting off most of P.J. Sparkle’s hair and dyeing it a magical shade of...

By Erin Kelly • September 28, 2014