Some conservationists want to ban tourists from visiting Penguin Island in Western Australia in a bid to protect the just ...

Conservationists are calling for Western Australia's Penguin Island to be closed to tourists to protect its dwindling ...

Residents south of Perth have called on the state government to ban visitors to a popular island to protect a species whose ...

It is proposed closing the island to tourists will preserve its wildlife, but there are other factors at play.

Only 114 little penguins remain on Penguin Island, about 53km south of Perth ... Picture: Facebook, A study led by University of Western Australia School of Biological Sciences and Oceans ...