The Australian Alps' lesser-known wildflower season sees the landscape burst to life with a brilliant tapestry of colour.

Mt Kilimanjaro, the Rwenzori Mountains and Mt Kenya are Africa’s three highest points. Here’s how to stand atop the world’s wildest land.

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.

This heritage-listed archway, the surviving structure of the Pensioner Barracks, was rescued from demolition in the 1960s.

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This article is brought to you by National Museum of Australia. Every 15 minutes at the National Museum of Australia’s Pompeii exhibition, lights flicker and rumbling sounds. The excitement and nerves ...