We are barreling down the beach at 100 kilometers an hour in a tricked-out four-wheel drive, the ocean surf crashing to our left and the British house band Faithless detonating through the speakers.

Australia’s Fraser Island is the latest destination to have its Aboriginal name restored. The world’s largest sand island, which is located off the coast of Queensland state about 250 km (155 miles) ...

A tourist hot spot off the coast of Australia, Fraser Island, will once again be known as K'gari, its original Indigenous name, the Queensland government announced. The island, which is located ...

Forget Fraser Island. The world’s largest sand island is now officially known by its traditional name, K’gari, the government of the Australian state of Queensland announced Wednesday. The name change ...

Visitors enjoy the view from atop Indian Head, at the northern end of 75-Mile beach. From here, many spot sharks, whales, dolphins and sea turtles. (Helen Anders) Visitors enjoy the view from atop ...

Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bushfire that already destroyed 40 percent of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island before a heatwave hit Monday. The fire on the ...

Many parts of Australia are known worldwide for the large numbers of marlin roaming through the waters. Cairns became one of the most prestigious black marlin fisheries more than 50 years ago with the ...

This week I decided to combine a sea floor image with a post about a paper that came out in *Geology *this month about everybody's favorite topic -- sediment transfer to the deep sea! The paper is ...

CANBERRA, Australia >> A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new ...

Last year, the country suffered catastrophic wildfires. Now, it is watching as a scenic getaway burns. What the rest of the season brings may depend on heat waves, winds and dried-out grass. By Damien ...

A tourist hot spot off the coast of Australia, Fraser Island, will once again be known as K'gari, its original Indigenous name, the Queensland government announced. The island, which is located ...