Why dogs must stay leashed and off the rocks at St Kilda

Off-leash dogs remain the top risk to St Kilda’s penguins. Here’s why lead laws on the breakwater matter and what happens when they’re ignored.
First time at St Kilda after Phillip Island? Here’s what changes

Been to the Phillip Island Penguin Parade? Here’s what to expect at St Kilda’s free wild colony, and why the two experiences barely compare.
Not all ice: how the world’s 17 penguin species really differ

Penguin species comparison reveals most live nowhere near ice. See how St Kilda’s little penguins fit among the world’s 17-18 species.
St Kilda vs Phillip Island: comparing colony size and monitoring

How does the St Kilda breakwater colony compare to Phillip Island in size and research? A look at two very different monitoring set-ups.
St Kilda vs Phillip Island: why one colony is free and one isn’t

A St Kilda penguins comparison: why the breakwater colony is free and wild while Phillip Island runs a ticketed, purpose-built viewing programme.

