As Easter Weekend commenced on Australia’s eastern seaboard, with it came a gigantic, deadly, and in some cases “almost un-surfable” swell. In New South Wales, the situation was lethal, leaving ...

Almost a year ago, surfers in Sydney, Australia were gifted an Easter Weekend treat when Cape Solander lit up with what many were calling the biggest swell in a decade. That is, surfers with a death ...

Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander published little in his lifetime. But through his botanic collections from his travels and a rigorous application of a revolutionary naming system, he laid important ...

Daniel Solander, the Swedish naturalist who sailed with James Cook and Joseph Banks on the Endeavour expedition, has been honoured with a new garden that celebrates his legacy to Australian flora. The ...

Sydney regional forecast: Maybe no Cape again too soon, but plenty of good energy out there on the long range. The Cape Solander slab is one of Sydney’s early winter staples. That’s typically when ...

Janet Solander likely will die in prison for the years of torture she inflicted on three children she adopted. At her sentencing Tuesday, when District Judge Valerie Adair ordered the 57-year-old ...

(Phys.org) —NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is studying the area of contact between a rock layer formed in acidic wet conditions long ago and an even older one that may be from a more neutral wet ...

This view from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows an area where a pale-toned geological unit called the "Burns Foundation," in the foreground, abuts a different geological unit. The ...