The researchers on Lord Howe Island saw this coming. Snorkeling on reefs three to 10 feet deep enabled them to gather baseline data to study the reefs before, during, and after bleaching.

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 forest at the tip of Lord Howe Island's highest peak is an otherworldly place alive with animals and plants not found elsewhere on Earth. But it's taken radical action to save it.

On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to ...