Together with Dirk Hartog Island, this remote peninsula makes up Shark Bay, or Gutharraguda in the local language, a UNESCO World Heritage site 500 miles north of Perth in Western Australia.

Twenty-eight dibblers have been released onto Dirk Hartog Island, 730km north of Perth. The tiny marsupial – one of Australia’s rarest – once thrived on the island, until feral animals wiped them out.

A cat-detection team is doing important work on Dirk Hartog Island The stars are bright over Western Australia’s Dirk Hartog Island, which sits within the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. Zoologist Sue ...

In the past, translocation has helped bring back animals such as mulgaras and dibblers to Dirk Hartog Island, in WA's Gascoyne region. It has also been used in central Australia to return golden ...

The ancient petroglyphs of Murujuga National Park - some up to 50,000 years old - depict sacred images, island wildlife and the arrival of European tall ships. Culturally significant to ...