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Lord Howe Island

March 2023

  • Lord Howe Island travel feature May 2017:: the view from north head with the island's lagoon and Mount Lidgbird and Gower in the distance

    Most of Lord Howe Island closed to visitors after outbreak of plant fungus

    Permanent park preserve temporarily closed over fears myrtle rust outbreak may compromise endemic plant species

September 2022

  • Tasman Sea SAR image from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

    Rescue mission under way for two Australians stranded on damaged yacht in Tasman Sea

    The men, in their 70s, were travelling from New Zealand when severe weather caused the vessel to take on water near Lord Howe Island

January 2022

  • A satellite image shows the plume rising over Tonga when the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted on Saturday

    Australia offers assistance to tsunami-hit Tonga after undersea volcano eruption

    Minister for the Pacific says a surveillance aircraft would help gather information about the extent of the damage
  • Clouds rise from horizon

    The Pacific project
    Tsunami hits Tonga after underwater volcanic eruption

    Streets and buildings flooded in Pacific nation’s main island following latest eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai
  • Long distance swimmer, Lynton Mortensen at Currumbin Beach, Gold Coast

    A day at the beach
    A day at the beach: ‘I’ve earned my nickname Sea Bull for good reason’

    Rough waters couldn’t slow Lynton Mortensen’s unprecedented attempt to swim around Lord Howe Island but things became interesting when inquisitive Galápagos whaler sharks showed up

October 2021

  • Lord Howe Island

    Survivors or intruders? Rats found on Lord Howe Island despite 22,000 traps and 40 tonnes of bait

    About 100 rats have been discovered since a $17m eradication program on the world heritage-listed island but experts say all is not lost

June 2021

  • A staghorn fern, Platycerium bifurcatum.

    Plantwatch
    Plantwatch: staghorn ferns – the plants that form colonies like bees

    Species on Lord Howe Island shows remarkable collaboration, with some plants deflecting water to colony and others soaking it up

April 2021

  • Lord Howe Island

    Rats reappear on Lord Howe Island for the first time since 2019 eradication program

    Genetic test will uncover if two rats that were caught and killed are new incursion or survivors of the controversial eradication

February 2021

  • Oceania With Country Borders And Major Rivers, True Colour Satellite Image<br>True colour satellite image of Oceania with country borders and major rivers. This image in Lambert Conformal Conic projection was compiled from data acquired by LANDSAT 5 &amp; 7 satellites., Oceania With Country Borders And Major Rivers, True Colour Satellite Image (Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    Tsunami warning cancelled for New Zealand and Lord Howe Island after South Pacific earthquake

    The 7.7 magnitude earthquake near New Caledonia prompted New Zealand authorities to warn people to get off beaches

February 2020

  • Lord Howe Island

    Cyclone Uesi: NSW coast set for a drenching as Lord Howe Island prepares for storm

    Tropical cyclone downgraded but still set to bring wind, rain and damaging surf to New South Wales

September 2019

  • Lord Howe Island

    Josh Frydenberg overruled department to block Lord Howe Island wind turbines

    Exclusive: FOI documents reveal former environment minister took action despite support from islanders

May 2019

  • Lord Howe Island travel feature May 2017: the view from mount eliza

    'A nasty place at the moment': Lord Howe Island tense as rat baiting begins

    After 20 years of arguments, the eradication plan that has split families and divided neighbours will finally go ahead

April 2019

  • Lord Howe Island reef bleaching

    Lord Howe Island coral bleaching 'most severe we've ever seen', scientists say

    Biologists fear they will now start to see coral mortality in world’s southern-most reef

March 2019

  • Lord Howe Island: bleaching revealed on world's most southern coral reef – video

    A diver has captured shocking footage of devastation on the planet's southern-most coral reef

January 2018

  • The Lord Howe Island stick insects at Bristol zoo.

    Bristol zoo eggs raise hopes for endangered stick insect

    The zoo’s Lord Howe Island stick insects – once feared to be extinct – have produced a second generation of eggs

October 2017

  • First Dog on the Moon

    Only science can solve the intriguing stick insect mystery

    First Dog on the Moon
  • A pair of Lord Howe Island stick insects

    Giant stick insects found on Lord Howe Island a genetic match for 'extinct' phasmids

July 2017

  • The view from the top of Mount Gower

    Falling from the sky: the providence petrels of Lord Howe Island – video

    Lord Howe Island is the nesting site for hundreds of thousands of providence petrels (Pterodroma solandri). The birds used to be common on Norfolk Island, but were eaten to extinction by starving convicts in the early days of settlement.

June 2017

  • eastern barred bandicoot

    Fantastic beasts and where to find them: Australian native wildlife – in pictures

    The National Geographic Photo Ark is a travelling exhibition of photographer Joel Sartore’s quest to create a photo archive of biodiversity around the world

May 2017

  • Balls Pyramid

    Scientists climb the ocean mountain Balls Pyramid – video

    A daring Australian Museum expedition to Balls Pyramid near Lord Howe Island has succeeded in its search for the rare and elusive Lord Howe Island stick insect
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