In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes about 35 different species, would emerge around the holidays, which hit in the middle of Australia’s summer.

Australia is on track to allow borders to reopen by Christmas, the country’s minister for trade, tourism and investments said on Wednesday, September 22.

The Christmas beetle isn’t one but 36 species of large insects from the genus Anoplognathus. Almost all are native to Australia, and for years they seem to have been diminishing in numbers.

At least nine people were found dead in Australia after storms and floods in the eastern part of the country caused power outages and damaged infrastructure over the Christmas holiday period, the ...

I'll be kicking off my Christmas morning with a cool swim at Australia's most iconic beach, Bondi Beach, and then heading to my brother-in-law's house for a poolside Christmas feast with 'prawns ...

How Australia's Unofficial Christmas Anthem Came To Be In 1996, musician Paul Kelly released a song from the point of view of a man in prison thinking of family and friends celebrating Christmas ...

Except for Christmas pudding. Plum pudding, as it's also known, has a long, distinguished history going back to at least the early 17th century. Ironically, plums are not an ingredient, though ...

Christmas Day in London looks very different from the way it does in Australia. Hayley Peppin/Insider 2020-01-14T09:15:00Z ...

Australia is on track to allow borders to reopen by Christmas, the country’s minister for trade, tourism and investments said on Wednesday, September 22.