Spanning for a stunning 25 square kilometres, the beautiful coral reef around Lord Howe Island is a diver's dream.

Lord Howe Island Airport in Australia has been named the world's most beautiful airport landing. A recent study using eye-tracking technology revealed that its unique ocean-to-beach runway captured ...

Jutting out of the Pacific Ocean 375 miles off the coast of Australia is Ball’s Pyramid, the most bizarre island on Earth. It is, as promised, shaped like a skinny pyramid, the remnant of a shield ...

This month, corals in Australia's Lord Howe Island Marine Park began showing signs of bleaching. The 145,000-hectare marine park contains the most southerly coral reef in the world, in one of the most ...

Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University If you haven’t heard of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, you have missed out on one of the most remarkable ...

If you grew up in the 1970s, you're probably still a little bit panicky every time you step onto the sand. Thanks to "Jaws," you're not alone, many a childhood was spent fearing all things pertaining ...

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, ...

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. And ...

Lord Howe Island stick insects were once numerous on the tiny crescent-shaped island off the coast of Australia for which they are named. Now, biologists who have analyzed the DNA of living and dead ...

Nearly 100 years ago, a British supply ship ran aground at Lord Howe, a tiny island roughly four hundred miles east of Australia. Black rats trickled off the ship, scouring the island and feasted on ...

An insect that was long taken for dead has been found. The Lord Howe Island stick insect, considered extinct for years, still walks—or crawls—the Earth. Hungry rodents diminished their numbers long ...