Is this Australia’s weirdest sport?
Move over Formula One, Australia has a new type of competitive racing that makes you feel like you’re flying without leaving the ground – all while putting your dexterity to the ultimate test
Move over Formula One, Australia has a new type of competitive racing that makes you feel like you’re flying without leaving the ground – all while putting your dexterity to the ultimate test
A custom-built, museum-style ‘sneaker room’, full-size basketball court, two pools and a golf course – no wonder multiple NBA stars have played at this fan’s mega-mansion sporting paradise
Most kids dream of running away to the circus for a life of excitement, creativity, athleticism and adventure – but what is it really like for children who grow up performing in the big top?
Saffron the gentle giant has a new lease on life now the 23-year-old giraffe is pampered and massaged while being fed tasty treats and the five star treatment works its magic on her ageing joints
Surviving has turned to thriving as gorgeous gorilla Kaius turns two, overcoming his sad start thanks to his devoted keeper and the eventual acceptance of his gorilla family in an Australian first
A massive western lowland gorilla showed extreme care, playing with and looking after another primate who fitted neatly in the palm of his hand
A new museum dedicated to animal dung has opened in Tasmania. The Pooseum is the idea of Karin Koch, who says we can learn a lot from the science of animal droppings
A new Great Barrier Reef stamp series from Australia Post aims to raise awareness of the fight to save our natural wonder while also celebrating Stamp Collecting Month
Take our Quiz Word test and see if you can beat the clock — or take on all your classmates!
It’s holiday time and we’re here to help you have fun and maybe even win some great prizes. Can you find your way through the Kids News questions to reach the treasure?
It’s not as simple as hearing the right or wrong name on this social-media listening test that went viral. Which do you hear?
Expensive birthday parties, organic food, special holidays and much, much more: that’s the life of Australia’s pampered dogs. Do you know a dog who’s treated like a celebrity?
Melbourne student Feliks Zemdegs is the fastest human ever to solve a Rubik’s cube. He took 4.22 seconds. How fast are you?
A new world study finds kids are happiest when they’re spending time with their family, friends and pets. Is that what makes you happy too?
In classrooms all around the world, a new type of teacher is helping students learn. And it’s not a human. It’s a robot. Would you like a robot teacher?
Great golfers score birdies and eagles but one high school student scored a wild goose chase instead and the images went viral on social media
Researchers have discovered the reason why we have eyebrows — to help early humans show emotion and communicate before we could speak
A hungry coast carpet python has stunned vets after swallowing a man’s slipper and ending up in surgery. See the amazing X-rays
We take a look inside a busy Cadbury’s chocolate factory making millions of eggs in time for Easter
Daphne the giant, inflatable duck is rescued at sea after floating away during a Perth swimming carnival
