COMMONWEALTH BAY, Antarctica (Reuters Life!) - Australia is planning the world's biggest pest eradication program on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, where thousands of mice and rabbits are ...

Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than Germany to fishing and mining, the government announced Monday, protecting millions of ...

Justine Shaw receives funding from the Australian Antarctic Science Program, the Australian Research Council and Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Australia. She is a member of the ...

Ian Cresswell received funding from the Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Andrew John Constable has received Funding from the Australian Marine Conservation Society ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck the remote Macquarie Island region in the south Pacific Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US meteorologists said.

Updates with USGS revising earthquake magnitude to 6.7 May 19 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the Macquarie Island region in the southern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the United States ...

The group has endured a bitterly cold year on the windswept Southern Ocean island, where they searched for rabbits and rodents. And experts believe no pests remain on the island – making the Macquarie ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) -- There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake overnight in the Macquarie Island Region, located southwest of New Zealand. The quake was recorded at ...