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 ...

Extinction is permanent, but there are rare cases where creatures we thought had died out suddenly turn up alive and well. That's the story of Lord Howe Island stick insects (or "tree lobster"), which ...

Lord Howe Island Airport off the coast of Australia is a gateway to a UNESCO site and has a landing strip you'll never forget. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and ...

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 colorful fish. Yet on this island of ...

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 ...

Under his official title of biohazard detection dog, Sebbi gives my backpack a lively sniff as I step off the plane from Sydney. I’m here for the Seven Peaks Walk, five days of guided walking through ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I’d never heard of Lord Howe Island until a year ago. Perth folk flee to Bali in their droves for a cheap island getaway. Or hop on a ...