Then, 208 miles from the nearest town, a sandstone rock rises over 1,100 feet from the earth, two miles long and one mile wide. Known as Uluru, or more casually as Ayers Rock, it is Australia’s most ...

Uluru (Ayers Rock) is one of Australia's most iconic natural wonders. Reuters It’s the second of three rainy days in the Australian Outback as I sit in front of Anangu elder Rene Kulitja ...

Australia’s world-famous Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, will be closed to climbers from 2019, its management board said on Wednesday, ending a decades-long campaign by Aborigines to ...

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone formation situated in central Australia approximately 335 kilometers from Alice Springs.

The traditional owners of Ayers Rock threatened Tuesday to ban tourists from climbing Australia's iconic monolith in response to a government plan to combat child abuse in the Outback.

Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, was once a popular climb for travelers. Indigenous beliefs and safety concerns now bring that practice into debate.

The spiritual benefits of not climbing Ayers Rock. By Don George June 17, 2001. Just before I arrived at Uluru, the sacred red rock monolith in the middle of Australia, ...

Australian scientists are being asked to help to preserve ancient Aboriginal rock art at Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, which is vanishing because of wind, rain and vandalism.