Tasmania

Two people standing in a dry area in front of a wildfire

What Aboriginal Australians can teach us about managing wildfires

Since last summer’s bushfire crisis in Australia, there’s been a quantum shift in public awareness of Aboriginal fire management. It’s now more widely understood that Indigenous people used landscape burning to sustain biodiversity and suppress large bushfires.

Testicles the main ingredient at Serbian cooking contest

The Ballsy World of Serbia’s Testicle Cooking Championship

Arts, Culture & Media

Australia debating using dingoes, Tasmanian devils to control invasive species

Environment

Indian man, separated from his family at age 5, uses Google Earth to find his mom

Environment

Australian scientist proposes importing elephants, rhinos to combat wildfires

Environment

As Australia battles wildfires that feed on a non-native hardy grass in the Northern Territory, one scientist says the answer is to import elephants and rhinoceroses to eat the gamba grass.

VIDEO: Environmentalists find sensitive trees turned into building materials for Olympics

Environment

A war of words over logging in Australia has ignited between a large Malaysian logging company and environmentalists, and it’s captured the Olympics in London as well.

Cambodian Space Project Rocks Phnom Penh

Arts, Culture & Media

“To find a singer like Channthy,” said Poulsen, “is like discovering a young Etta James or Nina Simone. She’s really the barefoot Cambodian diva of the rice fields.”

A Deal with Devils to Control Australian Pests

Environment

Frustrated with their country’s inability to control introduced species, some Australian researchers are proposing to enlist two native predators to the country’s landscape.

Indian Man Finds His Mother After 25 Years Using Google Earth

Lifestyle & Belief

An Indian man who lost his mother when he was only five has found her 25 years later from his new home in Tasmania, using satellite images. The World’s Aaron Schachter explains.