Tasmania's newest Bass Strait ferry will be transported to Australia in the latest twist in a long-running procurement saga.

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 ...

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

The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township on the northern part of the West Coast ...

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 ...

The Scottish government has denied wanting to use a new Spirit of Tasmania ferry to house refugees, saying it has no plans to use the vessel for that purpose. It comes after speculation earlier ...

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.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — More than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. Marine experts including ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...