Detailed systematic surveys of large areas of the Nullarbor Plain have revealed a concentration of thousands of blowholes, flank margin caves and connected horizontal passages. La Trobe University ...

“This is quite shocking,” declared South Australia’s Attorney-General and Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Kyam Maher. “These caves are some of the earliest evidence of Aboriginal occupation of that part ...

Environments across the planet are changing dramatically in response to human population growth and climate change. Some scientists even say human activity has pushed Earth into a new geological epoch ...

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In a devastating hit to global world heritage, vandals struck South Australia’s Koonalda Cave on on Nullarbor Plain, destroying 30,000-year-old artwork at the national heritage site. The cave is ...

Researchers using advanced satellite imagery have discovered an ancient reef-like landform 'hidden' in plain view on the Nullarbor Plain, which has been preserved for millions of years since it first ...

Rather than the treeless, limestone expanse we know today, the Plain was flush with gum and eucalyptus trees, banksias and other flowering plants now confined to Australia's east coast. Scientists at ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The remains of a multimillion-year-old coral reef have been discovered in the middle of a desert in Australia. Southern ...

Beneath Australia’s large, dry Nullarbor Plain lies an extensive underwater cave system, where dense microbial communities known as ‘slime curtains’ are found. These communities exist in isolation ...

I’M DRIVING across South Australia’s featureless but iconic Nullarbor Plain when suddenly the red earth falls away into a black abyss. “Dramatic really is the word for it,” says Keryn Walshe. Fifty ...

Australia's Nullarbor Plain is one of the driest landscapes in the country, but new research suggests it was once forest that received up to four times as much rain as it gets now. Rather than the ...