Land managers successfully eradicated foxes from Phillip Island in 2017 after an extensive effort to drive them out. However, CCTV cameras recently detected one fox on the island, raising concerns ...

Later, opportunities to visit Phillip Island were fairly limited, so the rabbit population grew "like crazy". The degradation continued unabated until the early 1980s when several attempts were ...

Phillip Island is home to 40,000 little penguins — the largest colony in the world. (Supplied: Phillip Island Nature Parks)Other penguin colonies include the St Kilda breakwater in Melbourne ...

PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 18: ... No rider experienced any wildlife encounters on Sunday after incursions by geese, rabbits, seagulls and even a wallaby overthe opening two days.

The birds are now thriving. There are about 31,000 breeding penguins on the peninsula, up from 12,000 in the 1980s. Phillip Island Nature Parks is the most popular wildlife tourist destination in ...