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 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…
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…
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…
Millions of red crabs begin annual migration on Christmas Island as numbers ‘skyrocket’
On a tropical island 1,500 kilometres from Australia’s mainland, employers understand if you can not make it to…