Some of the birds the organization discovered on Lord Howe Island — both alive and dead — had so much plastic in their bodies that it amounted to 20% of the birds' total mass.

Australia’s Lord Howe Island could attract many tourists to its lush mountains, perfect beaches and blue waters. Instead, it has strict rules to deter all but a few.

The Lord Howe Island stick insect is not as flashy as other members of the insect order Phasmatodea. Sporting a mostly brown color palette, these insects take the “stick” part of their name ...

Lord Howe Island — a speck of land about 370 miles off mainland Australia, home to just a few hundred people — is the breeding ground for tens of thousands of sable shearwaters: dark brown ...

The rare Lord Howe Island stick insect, also known as "tree lobsters," were believed to be extinct until a few were rediscovered in 2001.

“Once they’re dead, they’re dead. There's no coming back from that,” says Sawyers. Dec 29, 2023: Caitlin Woods investigates a coral spawn slick in the Lord Howe Island lagoon.

On my first visit to Lord Howe Island, I missed having lunch at Capella, thanks to a Lord Howe wood hen. At the time, the wood hen faced extinction.

May 22, 2025 What It’s Like to Stay at Capella Lodge on Lord Howe Island, a Secret, Idyllic Isle in Australia Making it to this ultra-exclusive resort, with nine rooms and occupancy rates that ...

This is because the species on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands are both confined to small islands and the one on continental Australia was badly impacted by the 2019–2020 bushfires." ...

Tourism first took off in 1947, but by the late 1970s, locals were already cognizant of the need to protect the island’s unique ecosystem — an effort that helped earn Lord Howe recognition as ...

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 ...