This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. It wasn't enough simply to create the world; the Aboriginal god Beeral wanted it to be beautiful as well. And so he ...

An investigation is underway into a feral cat population threatening native wildlife on K'gari, Queensland's World Heritage-protected island. Park rangers and traditional owners are working to ...

More than 40 people went on trial in Vietnam today over illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta, state media said, as concern mounts over the environmental impact of overexploitation. A former ...