Melbourne

Melbourne is often called Australia's 'cultural capital'. But its real strength lies in stories 65,000 years in the making and every new one we add

For decades, Melbourne's universities and research institutes have turned curious questions into discoveries that improve lives. The city's future lies in fostering innovation, collaboration and education

Melbourne is on course to become Australia's biggest city. But size isn’t everything. What would make it Australia’s most healthy, sustainable and equitable city? Here are three ideas

Before it was streets and suburbs, Melbourne was a rich landscape of forests, swamps and grasslands. Our new Map of the Month is rebuilding it for the first time – tree by tree

The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. Our new Map of the Month tells us where some of our most charismatic native bees live in the City of Melbourne and the plants that support them

A giant Peach Melba, a skyscraper-sized crocodile, a steel ‘V’ taller than the Eiffel Tower: these were just some of the design ideas when Melbourne asked the world to reinvent its skyline in 1979

With names like the Neutron Howitzer, MUVEC, and the Pelletron, Melbourne’s particle accelerators have been the hidden engines driving research for almost a century

Possums tested in Melbourne could be ‘canaries in the coal mine’ for PFAS contamination in our urban environment

From the ‘Spring of Deception’ to ‘The Swooping’, understanding the cycles of Australian weather can help us all love Melbourne’s eclectic seasons