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These extraordinary Australian islands are teeming with life—and we must protect them before it's too late
On Heard Island, Mawson's Peak is officially Australia's highest mountain. It is 2,745 meters high and forms the summit of an active volcano known as Big Ben. Heard Island and McDonald Islands ...
Old botanical surveys help researchers track how plants on Australia's islands are changing
More than 8,000 continental islands sit just off the coast of Australia, many of them uninhabited and unspoiled. For ...