Wild elephant encounters and ancient royal palaces are just some of the highlights of a cycling journey through Sri Lanka, as Fiona Harper discovers. The post The elephant in the ruins: Cycling in Sri Lanka appeared first on Australian Geographic.

I’m often asked about the space probes that are leaving the solar system, never to return. There are five of them: Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 – all launched in the 1970s – and New Horizons, which began its journey to Pluto and beyond in 20...

Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia's Kimberley. The post Red sprites: photographing a rare phenomenon appeared first on Australian Geographic.

Now you can go further and stay longer, taking off-grid travel to the next level thanks to Yakima’s new rooftop tents – the SkyPeak HD and the SkyRise HD. The post Yakima aims high with new rooftop tents appeared first on Australian Geographic.

For decades experts have believed plankton-feeding fishes – or planktivores – share a specialist single uniform design. But new research shows, not only is this false, but they display the widest range of body forms of any feeding group among reef fi...

SRAM leads the way with smooth-shifting wireless MTB drivetrains, but it hasn’t forgotten cable-actuated shifting, as the new Eagle 90 and 70 prove. The post The Bike Shed: SRAM shifts to cables with mechanical Transmission appeared first on Australi...

Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country in the Northern Territory during a Bush Blitz expedition. The post Zombie ants found in Top End appeared first on Australian Geographic.

Australian-born Lynn Lawrance is restoring Raja Ampat’s reefs, injecting fresh life into communities both underwater and on land. The post The Australian woman fighting to restore the world’s most biodiverse reef appeared first on Australian Geograph...

After a half-century of doing things differently, adventure travel icon World Expeditions is still taking the paths less travelled. The post Into the wild: World Expeditions celebrates 50 years appeared first on Australian Geographic.

We reveal how three innovative products can make that next long-haul family adventure with your toddler a stress-free success and, most importantly, lots of fun for everyone. Yes, really! The post Travelling with mini explorers made easy appeared fir...