New research has revealed a surprising trick in which birds use those boring black and white feathers to make their colours even more vivid.
They might be among the cutest animals on the planet, but sugar gliders have a rather sinister trait. They’re named for their love of sweet foods, such as nectar and sap, but in Tasmania, they’re out here eating birds.
It has the ring of a fairytale, but an endangered butterfly’s survival in Western Victoria isn’t the stuff of magic but rather a story of dedicated habitat restoration.
Sulphur-crested cockatoos have shown extraordinary signs of brainpower in a Sydney park, where they’ve been seen turning on water taps, and even queuing to take turns drinking.
One of Australia’s smallest and most endangered bird species is needing help to survive its harsh environment.
Usually the butt of jokes and objects of revulsion, it’s time we started listening to the message of the Australian white ibis.