Macquarie Island was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1997 and the marine park established in 1999. Darren Kindleysides, chief executive of the Australian Marine Conservation Society, said ...

Macquarie Island is home several species of penguins. At the moment, there's gentoo penguins sitting on their eggs and the king penguin chicks are still in their brown down.

SYDNEY, Australia – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the coast of Australia's remote Macquarie Island Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck west of Macquarie Island at 2:54 ...

On Macquarie, the 1930 population of 3,400 animals has recovered now to 70,000, with new colonies now dotted around the east coast.( One colony is growing at a rate of 66% pa.) Digesters used to ...

The sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island is populated with 4 million birds, and ranger Kim Kliska is tasked with counting every single one of these fluffy king penguin chicks.

32 COM 7B.9 Macquarie Island (Australia) (N629 rev) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-08/32.COM/7B,. 2. Recalling Decision 31 COM 7B.14, adopted at its 31st session ...

MACQUARIE, ISLAND, Australia (KRON) — A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken Macquarie Island in Australia on Friday (Australia Time), according to the USGS.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the Macquarie Island region in the southern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.