Thought to be extinct, they were re-discovered in 2013 to great excitement. Now a second night parrot siting in Western Australia has expanded the range of one of the world's most elusive birds.

Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Then, when night falls, American Truck Simulator becomes, surprisingly, of the most atmospheric games I’ve ever played. A desert is evocative enough by day, but when the sun sinks below the ...

Every parent knows the profound instinct to protect one’s offspring, to keep them safe. It’s what this mother dingo is doing, perched atop a rocky outcrop in the Great Sandy Desert, scanning ...

In the 1940s and '50s, the Royal Australian Air Force photographed the Great Sandy Desert from the air. These photos were taken before our people moved to settlements and pastoral stations between ...

An 1890 illustration of the night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) by Elizabeth Gould. Image credit: Wikimedia But a research team – consisting of Indigenous rangers and scientists – has made a ...

Ask anyone to name a desert, and most likely the first place that comes to mind will be the Sahara. This incredible desert stretches over a whopping eleven countries in Africa: Morocco, Tunisia ...