It's a gargantuan, if not foolhardy, quest: Australia has 10 deserts occupying more than 500,000 miles (or nearly 20 percent) of its mainland—more land than is contained in all Peru.

Amateur astrophotographer and full-time wildlife conservationist Tim Henderson captured a trio of breathtaking nebula scenes adorning the pristine skies above the Central Australian Desert.

And the Red Centre is sometimes greener in the Australian winter than expected. Sturt's Desert Roses bloom purple, Umbrella Wattles bear tiny yellow flower balls.

Scientists found a “robust” creature with porthole-like spots in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Peter McDonald via McDonald, Fenner, Torkkola and ...

“Field of Light,” in Uluru, Australia, by Bruce Munro (2016). Photo by Mark Pickthall The installation has as many possible interpretations as the number of visitors, Munro said.

News Channel 3's Caitlin Thropay has been exclusively following the progress of the new "Australian Adventures" exhibit at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert.

PINK-BREASTED galahs take off from a lone tree in Australia’s Strzelecki desert in this dazzling spectacle captured by artist and photographer Christian Spencer. The image, which bears a ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.

Scientists found a “robust” creature with an “ambush predation” style in a desert of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Peter McDonald via McDonald, Fenner ...