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University of Tasmania researchers have developed a powerful risk mapping tool to help prevent fatal collisions between ...
Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a prehistoric giant penguin unlike any other deep in the craggy coastlines of ...
I have seen a lot of Australia. In fact, I saw almost the entire coast before the age of 10 thanks to my family doing a year ...
The still unborn Tasmanian Devils are now front and centre in the island’s culture wars. It didn’t have to be like this.
Penguin, a small town on Tasmania's north-west coast ... In the seaside town of Penguin, it's something of a north star. With the Big Penguin, and penguin-themed bins and bollards, the small ...
The foul stench of penguin poop ... food source for all of the big, charismatic fauna,” says Nicole Hellessey, an Antarctic marine scientist at the University of Tasmania in Hobart.
Boasting not one but several World Heritage sites, Tasmania is one big heaping pile of beauty and wonder that ... We probably don’t need to tell you that the city of Penguin is full of penguins (well, ...
A giant concrete penguin that has stood proudly on Tasmania’s north-west coast for nearly half a century has been granted heritage status. The Big Penguin, which stands approximately three metres tall ...
The Big Penguin statue in the seaside town of Penguin, Tasmania. Picture: Alamy Today, the statue is a popular attraction for tourists and has become a “kitschy” icon, according to Central ...