Australasia

Australasia is a region which comprises Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands. The term is used in a number of different contexts including geopolitically, physiogeographically, and ecologically where the term covers several slightly different but related regions.

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What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story

A "Super Flower Blood Moon" lunar eclipse will be visible to western North and South America, the Pacific Ocean, Australasia, and eastern Asia next week. (Super=slightly larger than usual; Flower=Full Moon in May; Blood=lunar eclipse, which often colors the Moon red.)