The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township in Tasmania. What caused them to beach ...

It is not the outcome the state government has hoped for. A new Spirit of Tasmania ship sailing home, without a berth ready ...

Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on ...

What can we learn from the bushfires in Tasmania? Beware of climate change, especially the unpredictable nature of blazes ...

The inaccessibility of the beach, ocean conditions and challenges to getting specialist equipment to the remote area have ...

The last time so many false killer whales were stranded in Tasmania was 50 years ago in June 1974 when a pod of 160 to 170 were found at Black River beach on the island’s northern coast. It’s ...

What makes wilderness travel in Tasmania memorable isn’t so much about what you see or do, but the exhilaration, delight, awe, thrill, elation, well-being ...

A new Spirit of Tasmania ferry is set to leave Scotland bound for the Apple Isle after the state government pulled the plug ...

Standing atop a mountain, looking out over Port Davey — an inlet of the Southern Ocean in southwestern Tasmania — Pete Marmion told me the quirky way in which he measures bodies of water.

NBL owner Larry Kestelman struck a deal on Friday to sell Tasmania's reigning NBL champions the JackJumpers to a private capital firm. Altor Capital will initially hold a majority stake in the ...

More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania. It is the third mass stranding in the last five years on the west coast of the Australian island. Officials said ...

"Following expert wildlife veterinarian assessments, we have decided euthanasia will be required for animal welfare reasons," Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, another group working with the ...