The resident 'little penguins' of Granite Island in South Australia are under severe threat, with their number dropping by a staggering 98 per cent in recent years.

The Crisis Unfolding on Granite Island. Granite Island, located off the coast of South Australia, once housed a robust population of little penguins.Now, only about 30 remain.

Mehdi Habibi, 17, (pictured) was pulled into the sea after he was struck by giant waves while he was on the rocks at Granite Island, in South Australia, around 3.15pm, on Sunday.

Tourists have been warned to keep away from little penguins on South Australia’s Granite Island after its fragile colony of tiny birds declined by 98 per cent. Deals of the Week.

In short: Little penguins on Granite Island are bolder and more aggressive than those living in less disturbed colonies in South Australia. A Flinders University researcher says there needs to be ...

Search and rescue for teenager missing off Granite Island. A search will resume this morning for a 16-year-old Adelaide boy who has gone missing after he was swept out to sea in a Father’s Day ...

Granite Island search for missing teen Mehdi Habibi ends, SA police say 1w T he search for a missing teenager has concluded days after he was swept off rocks on South Australia's south coast with ...

A search will resume this morning for a 16-year-old Adelaide boy who has gone missing after he was swept out to sea in a Father’s Day tragedy off Granite Island. A major search and rescue ...