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Queensland native title case makes history

Native title rights of five traditional owner groups across the Torres Strait and northern Cape York have been formally recognised by the Federal Court.

AAP · Nov 30, 2022

Authorities seeking info on husband of 'Lady of the Dunes'

Authorities in Massachusetts, who earlier this week said they had finally identified the “Lady of the Dunes,” a woman whose mutilated body was found on Cape Cod in 1974, are now looking for information about a man she may have married

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Extreme three-day heatwave warning for Far North Queensland

Temperatures in North and Far North Queensland have begun to rise as the region prepares to swelter through days where temperatures could reach 40 degrees Celsius.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

Climate change: colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past to protect against future events

The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back into history: are today’s extreme heat waves, catastrophic droughts and floods all due to climate change? Was climate and…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard beaches close to swimming after shark sightings: Great white spotted 25 yards from shore

Shark spotters have sure been busy these last few weeks along the Cape and Islands, including over the weekend as several shark alerts lit up the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.

Boston Herald · Aug 15, 2022

Flipper traces reveal the presence of ancient seals on South Africa's coast

The world’s largest and heaviest living carnivore is not a big cat, a bear or a wolf: it’s the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina). Bulls of this species can be 5 metres long and can weigh up to 3,500kg. The Cape fur seal, meanwhile, can grow to 3.9 metres and…

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022

Easing into vacation aboard the Boston-to-Cape Cod train

Driving from Boston to Cape Cod on a summer weekend usually means hours spent in traffic

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Travel for Two: Discover the tints, textures and tastes of Cape Town

On an early spring morning, I open wide the sliding doors of my room at Cape Town’s Ellerman House, a hillside hotel above the Atlantic. From the balcony, I watch as low clouds and ghostly mists whisk across the bluest of skies. I don’t know why the color of the…

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Foot-and-mouth disease's potential spread by tourists feared on Cape York

Graziers living along the northernmost tip of the Australian mainland say they are deeply concerned about the threat of the devastating disease being brought into the area by tourists or its porous border with PNG.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022

Killer whales are hunting great white sharks in South Africa's waters

Great white sharks have long been at the top of the food chain in parts of South Africa’s oceans. In their peak winter hunting months, around 1,000 great white sharks a day could be observed off the coast of the Western Cape province. But in 2017, great white shark carcasses…

The Conversation · Jul 13, 2022