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Strolling through St. Paul’s Phalen Park last fall with some birdwatching friends, I heard an unusual bird call, repeated several times. Following the sounds to an oak tree, we were startled to see ...

Australian birds have a lot to teach us about living long and happy lives according to Professor Gisela Kaplan from the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour at the University of New England.

John Woinarski is affiliated with Charles Darwin University, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Biodiversity Council. Sarah Legge receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is ...

Australia is the most antique land mass on earth, and also the most exiguously populated by large mammals: much about its deep past and the buried sources of its present remains obscure. All through ...

The Telford Town Park-based attraction has two new kookaburras - Australian birds known for their 'laughing' call. The birds, called Indi and Banjo, are 20 and 16 weeks old respectively, and have ...

One bird species and five sub-species are now confirmed extinct following a long absence of sightings. ONE SPECIES AND FIVE sub-species of Australian birds that, when last surveyed ten years ago, were ...