Australia and New Zealand

At a sanctuary on New Zealand’s North Island, the long-endangered flightless birds have grown so much in number that they are being transported to other areas to start new colonies.

New research shows the “upside-down trees” originated in Madagascar and then caught a ride on ocean currents to reach mainland Africa and Australia.

Estudios recientes ponen en duda que las intervenciones en salud mental a gran escala le hacen bien a los niños y adolescentes. Algunos, incluso, sugieren que pueden tener un efecto negativo.

As the death toll in Gaza has risen, countries have turned their backs on Israel. The consequences of those desertions, from security to economics, risk turning Israel into a pariah.

Many isolated Indigenous communities are dependent on fragile supply chains. This year, floods made that dramatically clear.

Los guardabosques indígenas del desierto occidental de Australia pudieron observar de cerca al topo marsupial del norte, un animal diminuto, de color claro y ciego que casi nunca sale a la superficie.

Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect.

Qantas, Australia’s national carrier, apologized and said it would pay a fine and compensation to settle a suit brought by a consumer watchdog.

The episode occurred just weeks after two major stabbing attacks in the country. The youth had been under monitoring for having extremist tendencies.

Student activists in Australia, Britain, France and elsewhere are challenging their universities’ stances on the war in Gaza and ties to Israel.