As dusk fell over Australia's Phillip Island last week, thousands of tiny black-and-white birds participated in the largest "penguin parade" seen on the island since record-keeping began in the ...

How viewing of ‘penguin parade’ on Australia’s Phillip Island puts the birds first, ... When nine of the 10 little penguin colonies on Phillip Island had been wiped out by the 1980s, ...

A good faith effort to save the Tasmanian devil didn’t end so well for thousands of penguins who lived off the coast of Australia on a tiny island. “Every time humans have deliberately … ...

The birds are now thriving. There are about 31,000 breeding penguins on the peninsula, up from 12,000 in the 1980s. Phillip Island Nature Parks is the most popular wildlife tourist destination in ...

Decades after the bush stone-curlew went extinct on Phillip Island, scientists reintroduce the species and hope the ...

Only 114 little penguins remain on Penguin Island, about 53km south of Perth, a decline in the bird’s population by 94 per cent since 2007, according to Save Rockingham’s Little Penguins ...

Twenty years ago Granite Island was home to 1,600 little penguins, the world's smallest penguin species by physical size. But the number has tragically plummeted number to just 30 adults in 2024.

Tourists have been warned to keep away from little penguins on South Australia’s Granite Island after its fragile colony of tiny birds declined by 98 per cent.

Macquarie Island was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1997 and the marine park established in 1999. Darren Kindleysides, chief executive of the Australian Marine Conservation Society, said ...