SpaceX rocket set to depart Christmas Island for Texas aboard specialist recovery vessel
Like a certain extraterrestrial, SpaceX’s Starship 40 is set to depart its adopted safe harbour of Christmas Island…
SpaceX recovers rocket off Christmas Island after 24 days at sea
SpaceX has successfully retrieved a rocket that splashed down in the Indian Ocean off Christmas Island, the company…
SpaceX rocket splashes down off Christmas Island, becomes ‘talk of the town’
A large space rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX is being towed to the shores of Christmas Island…
Endangered blue-tailed skinks released on Cocos (Keeling) Islands after facing extinction
A critically endangered skink almost wiped out by predatory snakes on Christmas Island has been given a new…
What is the difference between a tropical low and cyclone in northern Australia?
When spiral formations appear on weather radars and satellite images, it can be easy to jump at the…
Christmas Island plastics pollution battle for turtles
Christmas Island’s Greta Beach should be one of Australia’s most prized stretches of sand and a haven for…
Submarine tour, roof protest and shark encounter feature in top WA photo picks for November
As spring officially wraps up and we head into the heat of summer, take a look at some…
Christmas Island’s last dog embraced by the remote community
Busses stop and children come running when Shiloh, the last dog on Christmas Island, takes a walk. Stranded…
Google’s global data hub plan for Christmas Island gets mixed reviews from locals
Rising 5,000 metres from the deep sea floor, information hurtles to one of Australia’s most remote territories along a…
Incredible annual phenomenon triggered by moon on Aussie island: ‘Exciting’
It’s one of the most phenomenal spectacles in Australia, and now the remarkable red crab migration on Christmas…
Australia’s Only Shrew is Now officially Extinct, Killed by Non-native Species Introduced by Humans
The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled…
Christmas Island shrew declared extinct after decades without a sighting
A leading researcher has described the extinction of the Christmas Island shrew as “another stain” on Australia’s environmental…