These flightless birds are only found in Australia, New Guinea and some Pacific islands. The Australian government lists them as endangered and estimates about 4,500 remain in the wild.
They evade killer mice and insomniac ravens, and hurtle for ... The golden headed cisticola, a type of Australian warbler, is the most skilled tailor in the bird world. It uses thread from spiders ...
These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...
Ravens do a similar thing ... Magpie larks sing a duet to defend their territory in the Australian bush. One bird utters a loud metallic "tee-hee" that is immediately followed by the other's ...
They are the total Victorian casualties of Australia's worst avian influenza outbreak. Across the country, outbreaks of three different strains of bird flu were discovered in 16 farms across three ...
This patch of remnant bush on the edge of the West Australian wheatbelt is a place loved by one of Australia’s rarest bird species and the man who has studied the site for more than 50 years.
Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as ...
“We’re trying to make sure that we can get as much information as we can about any uniquely Australian responses to this variant of bird flu. The saddest and most important lesson is that it ...
CANBERRA/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease ...
In this episode of Talking Australia, we chat to Simon about the ongoing conservation issues facing wedgies, what he’s learnt getting up close and personal with these enormous birds and what he hopes ...