It also contrasts with higher rates of bird extinctions on the island territories of Australia, such as Lord Howe Island, Macquarie Island, Norfolk Island and King Island. All told, there have ...

Lord Howe Island has the look ... colonies of the Providence Petrel, a gray and white seabird with a slightly curved black beak that mainly breeds on Lord Howe. The birds will swoop down when ...

The incident with the SS Makambo ship, which occurred in 1918, led to an unforeseen ecological disaster. Rats that escaped from its deck onto Lord Howe Island rapidly dominated the local environment, ...