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Limits on the number of homes on world-heritage-listed Lord Howe Island cause major staffing issues for the community's only ...
Learn how this island is on track to be certified as an International Dark Sky Place and Australia’s first Dark Sky Island.
You probably haven't heard about Lord Howe Island, Zealandia, or how a tiny isle just two hours from Sydney is one of the ...
By Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — Lord Howe Island has the look of a destination ripe for overtourism, with verdant mountaintops, pristine white-sand beaches and clear-blue waters teeming with ...
Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing feature of the birds around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales—they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour ...
Breeding Lord Howe Island Stick Insects. The stick insects are bred in the McKinney Family Invertebrate Propagation Center, within a dedicated quarantine facility, where temperature and humidity ...
Rats wrought ecological havoc on Australia’s Lord Howe Island for more than a century before they were eradicated in 2019. An estimated 300,000 rats and mice, including this mummified rat, were ...
Because of its spectacular scenic beauty and tame wildlife, Lord Howe Island is a South Pacific paradise. Lord Howe’s wild beauty ranks it among the most alluring islands in the South Pacific ...
A remarkable example of isolated oceanic islands, born of volcanic activity more than 2,000 m under the sea, these islands boast a spectacular topography and are home to numerous endemic species, ...
The Lord Howe Island Group is an outstanding example of oceanic islands of volcanic origin containing a unique biota of plants and animals, as well as the world’s most southerly true coral reef. It is ...