The Penguin Foundation aims to provide ongoing funding and support for the conservation programs that protect Phillip Island and the wildlife that call it home.
Our Key Objectives
- Conserving significant habitats and the diverse range of wildlife and habitat
- Enhancing vegetation and restoring degraded habitat areas
- Functioning as a wildlife refuge, supporting existing and establishing new wildlife rehabilitation centres and participating in wildlife rescue
- Providing information, educating and promoting research activities, and encouraging participation in and across the various visitor centres
- Preserving, conserving and maintaining cultural and historical heritage within the Phillip Island Nature Parks
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Apr 2, 2026
What are little penguins up to in Autumn?
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Mar 19, 2026
Threatened Species Report
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Mar 11, 2026
Knitters - we need you!
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Mar 2, 2026
Celebrating World Wildlife Day
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Feb 9, 2026
Share your voice - Penguin Foundation supporter survey
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Jan 19, 2026
Research reveals best start for little penguins
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Jan 15, 2026
Future-Proofing Little Penguins Project - wildlife and habitat management
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Jan 12, 2026
News from the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
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Jan 5, 2026
Breeding season in full swing
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Dec 17, 2025
Season's greetings - give the gift of wildlife conservation this Christmas
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Dec 10, 2025
Meet the wildlife warrior team
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Nov 24, 2025
Team of conservation dogs expanded to keep Phillip Island fox-free
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Nov 17, 2025
Join the nose to ground mission to save wildlife
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Nov 5, 2025
Threatened species report marks major milestones as first fairy tern chicks fledge on Phillip Island in five years
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Oct 15, 2025
It's spring and little penguins are busy!
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Sep 30, 2025
Corporate volunteer planting days with Toyota and Penguin Books Australia
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Sep 7, 2025
National Threatened Species Day raises awareness of plants and animals at risk of extinction
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Aug 28, 2025
Plant a seed today… Change the World Tomorrow
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Aug 26, 2025
Happy International Dog Day to our canine friends!
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Aug 14, 2025
Nesting shorebird breeding report
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Aug 6, 2025
Connect with nature, wildlife, and community at Phillip Island Nature Parks Community Open Day.
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Jul 9, 2025
Update from the Wildlife Rehabititation Centre
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Jul 2, 2025
The Island whale Festival is making waves again this winter 11–13 July 2025
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Jun 4, 2025
Penguin Foundation Summerland Resilience - Be the lifeline for little penguins in need.
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May 29, 2025
Help the little penguin colony thrive
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Apr 30, 2025
Be the lifeline for little penguins in need
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Apr 17, 2025
Penguin Live TV back by popular demand!
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Apr 7, 2025
Rewilding the Island celebration fundraiser
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Mar 19, 2025
Farewell to our longest-standing Board Member
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Mar 5, 2025
Australian Geographic Curlew Cover
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Feb 17, 2025
Little penguin chicks in care
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Feb 3, 2025
The secret lives of Phillip Island’s divorcing penguins
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Jan 20, 2025
Happy Penguin Awareness Day
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Jan 9, 2025
Thanks to all the generous knitters and please keep them coming - we have plenty more plush toy penguins in need of jumpers.
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Jan 6, 2025
The domino effect of breeding delays in little penguins
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Dec 16, 2024
The Penguin Foundation offers support for flora on Millowl
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Nov 21, 2024
Symbolically adopt a bush stone-curlew
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Nov 11, 2024
You can help bring back critically endangered bush stone-curlews
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Oct 17, 2024
New technology to assess and address entanglements of Australian fur seals at Seal Rocks
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Oct 14, 2024
The Littlest Penguin book is a winner!
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Oct 3, 2024
Passive Disease Surveillance - little penguins
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Sep 30, 2024
Penguin breeding season update
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Sep 25, 2024
Bush stone-curlew reintroduction
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Sep 7, 2024
Protecting threatened species now and for future generations
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Sep 2, 2024
Leave a lasting legacy for little penguins
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Aug 12, 2024
Guess who's coming to Millowl soon?
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Aug 8, 2024
Call for Master of Veterinary Science (MVSc) candidate in little penguin health
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Jul 24, 2024
‘Future-proofing little penguins’ project update
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Jul 10, 2024
Bringing back the bush stone-curlew
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Jun 26, 2024
Strong El Nino event results in breeding success of little penguins
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Jun 20, 2024
The Littlest Penguin book shortlisted for the 2024 Karajia & Environment Awards for Children's Literature!
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Jun 6, 2024
Lost at Sea: Conserving cultural heritage and fur seals
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May 28, 2024
Threatened Species update - Eastern barred bandicoots
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May 16, 2024
Minibeasts of Phillip Island Millowl
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May 8, 2024
Penguin Foundation donors fund vital work at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
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Apr 29, 2024
Dark sky so shearwaters fly
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Apr 10, 2024
Application of Thermal Drones for Wildlife Monitoring
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Apr 4, 2024
Silver lining for rescued little penguin
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Mar 25, 2024
Little Penguin Disease Risk Assessment
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Mar 15, 2024
Disentangling the long-term effects of marine debris on Australian fur seals
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Mar 6, 2024
New International Research on 18 Penguin Species
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Feb 28, 2024
‘Violet’ the Little Penguin Released
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Feb 21, 2024
Renewed efforts to protect Phillip Island’s hooded plover population
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Feb 12, 2024
Little penguins and the impact of COVID-19 restrictions
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Jan 31, 2024
Support the Penguin Foundation through the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme (CDS)
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Jan 15, 2024
Love Phillip Island Millowl
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Dec 27, 2023
The Penguin Parade nest-boxes are having a roof lift!
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Dec 11, 2023
'Tis the Season!
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Nov 23, 2023
Penguin Foundation makes front page news!
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Nov 15, 2023
Order The Littlest Penguin Book today!
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Nov 8, 2023
Volunteers plant 1,600 trees for the Penguin Foundation to protect Little Penguin habitat
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Oct 26, 2023
Royal Canin ANZ partners with the Penguin Foundation to support Conservation Dogs
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Oct 17, 2023
Phillip Island will host the next International Penguin Congress in 2026
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Oct 11, 2023
Knitters - we need you!
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Oct 4, 2023
The Littlest Penguin book has been released!
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Sep 30, 2023
Penguin sub-colony study reveals differences in their breeding and search for food
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Sep 25, 2023
Community Open Day and the Littlest Penguin book preview
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Sep 6, 2023
Eastern Barred Bandicoot recovery
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Aug 28, 2023
Tangled seal pup saved from deadly garden mesh
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Aug 16, 2023
On Our Shores and In Our Waters
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Aug 7, 2023
Penguin Foundation seeks new Board Directors - Apply your skills for purpose
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Jul 27, 2023
Rare flora - Saving the Crimson Berry
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Jul 10, 2023
Biodiversity recovery with Bush stone-curlews
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Jul 6, 2023
Penguin sub-colony study
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Jun 22, 2023
Conservation Dog Jazz earns a well-deserved retirement
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Jun 8, 2023
Hooded Plover update
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May 21, 2023
Celebrating volunteers for the Penguin Foundation
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May 1, 2023
A look back at the History of the Penguin Foundation
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Apr 25, 2023
Celebrating World Penguin Day
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Apr 17, 2023
The Short-tailed Shearwater Great Migration
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Apr 13, 2023
It takes teamwork to future-proof the treasured Phillip Island penguin population
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Mar 29, 2023
Second chance for Silver the Little Penguin
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Mar 23, 2023
Update on anthropogenic noise on Australian fur seals
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Mar 16, 2023
Bush stone-curlew successful breeding program
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Feb 23, 2023
Kids care about climate
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Feb 16, 2023
Little Penguin update - it is time for the catastrophic moult
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Jan 23, 2023
Australian first sailing drone ready to explore penguin feeding grounds
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Jan 19, 2023
Recognising Penguin Awareness Day
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Dec 19, 2022
Waddle you give to the person who has everything this Christmas?
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Dec 12, 2022
Impact of vessel noise on the Australian fur seal colonies
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Dec 5, 2022
Koala annual health checks
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Nov 21, 2022
Penguin Foundation adoption packs and plush toys have arrived in store
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Nov 7, 2022
Rehabilitating Little Penguins at the wildlife clinic
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Oct 27, 2022
Record breaking Little Penguins do it again
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Oct 24, 2022
Corporate Team Building - a day out in the wild to make a real impact
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Oct 20, 2022
Celebrating the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Release - 5 Year anniversary
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Oct 10, 2022
Welcome back to the Short-tailed Shearwaters
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Sep 29, 2022
Celebrating Save the Koala Day
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Sep 28, 2022
Penguin Random House ANZ partners with the Penguin Foundation
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Sep 26, 2022
Fox Stars
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Sep 12, 2022
Flipper and Finnegan
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Sep 8, 2022
Meet the Penguins and Southern Ocean Live
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Sep 2, 2022
William (Bill) Naughtin’s retirement from the Penguin Foundation Board
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Aug 31, 2022
Help us grow our pack
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Aug 25, 2022
Impacts of vessel noise on the Australian fur seal colony at Seal Rocks
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Aug 19, 2022
Celebrating our researchers for National Science Week
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Aug 10, 2022
Spotlight on Koalas
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Aug 4, 2022
Phillip Island Nature Parks to host Island Arks Symposium VII
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Jul 27, 2022
Koko Black partnership with the Penguin Foundation
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Jul 13, 2022
Generous gift in Will for the Penguin Foundation
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Jun 29, 2022
Our resident Penguin expert, Dr Peter Dann announces retirement
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Jun 16, 2022
Giving Appeal - New homes for Little Penguins
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Jun 6, 2022
Become a citizen scientist today with SealSpotter 2022
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May 30, 2022
Soundscapes and Seals - Scientist in Residence
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May 12, 2022
Little penguins' record breaking night
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May 2, 2022
Award nomination for the Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery team
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Apr 11, 2022
Knits for Nature - thank you for your support
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Mar 31, 2022
A warm welcome to two new Bush-Stone Curlews
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Mar 28, 2022
Hooded Plover breeding success
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Mar 16, 2022
Short-tailed shearwater migration time
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Feb 23, 2022
Naming Day for special Koala joey
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Feb 16, 2022
QBE Foundation is Future-Proofing Little Penguins from Climate Change
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Feb 9, 2022
Moulting Season Update
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Jan 20, 2022
Rescued Red celebrates Penguin Awareness Day with ocean release
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Dec 15, 2021
Listen to the underwater world of Australian fur seals
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Dec 15, 2021
Identifying the risk of key infectious diseases in the largest population of the world's smallest penguin
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Dec 13, 2021
Bank of Melbourne Penguin Weighbridge
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Aug 30, 2021
SealSpotter – People Powered Research
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Aug 19, 2021
Tuning in below the surface
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Aug 3, 2021
Vote for us to win!
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Jul 15, 2021
Balloon releases banned in Victoria
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Jun 28, 2021
Bush Stone-curlews new island home
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Jun 1, 2021
Bank of Melbourne help to protect little penguins
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May 17, 2021
Eastern Barred Bandicoot update
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May 6, 2021
Short-tailed Shearwater study solves late migration mystery
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Apr 16, 2021
A second chance for three penguin chicks
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Oct 2, 2020
This magic wand helps save wildlife after oil spills
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Apr 24, 2020
Future-proofing Phillip Island’s penguins against climate change
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Oct 7, 2017
Phillip Island officially declared fox free in 2017