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Fledgling shearwaters reveal Solomon Sea as vital stopover on first migration

GPS-tracked fledgling Sable Shearwaters from Lord Howe Island consistently fly about 1,000 kilometres north in two weeks and ...

These Seabirds Are So Full of Plastic They’re Starving to Death

Researchers found one sable shearwater on Australia's Lord Howe Island with nearly 900 pieces of plastic in its stomach.
Indiatimes

Lord Howe Island declared its rats eradicated, then scientists found suspicious rodents; DNA is revealing whether they are survivors or new invaders

Lord Howe Island was considered free of rats after its rodent eradication programme ended in 2019. The last rat was detected on 9 October that year. However, black rats were found again in the ...
Forbes

How The World’s Rarest Insect Came Back From The Dead. Hint: It Was Rediscovered On A Volcano

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Lord Howe stick insect (Dryococelus australis) was ...

New research reveals more about volcanic origins of Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island is part of two chains of mostly submerged extinct volcanoes, running side-by-side down Australia's east ...
Hindustan Times

In the 1970s, feral pigs and cats left fewer than 30 Lord Howe woodhens; after the pigs went and a 2019 rat purge, at least 1,638 now roam the island

Good news about wildlife is rare, and this flightless island bird is worth a closer look. The Lord Howe woodhen, found nowhere else on earth, was reduced to just 9 breeding pairs in the 1970s, ...
Forbes

Driven To ‘Extinction’ By A Shipwreck, A 2001 Discovery Brought The ‘World’s Rarest Insect’ Back To Life

Considered extinct for over 80 years, a chance find on a sea stack where little survives has sparked hope for the future of the Lord Howe Island stick insect. When the SS Makambo ran aground on the ...