Nature & Wildlife
Bird watcher’s guide to Australia
You don’t need binoculars to enjoy the everyday miracles of sweet song, feathered antics and airborne grace.
Category: Sky
Nature & Wildlife
Can we use native plants to predict floods?
Ecologist Dr Matt Prescott describes how native plants can be harbingers for extreme weather events.
Biodiversity
Cassowaries hit hard by cyclone aftermath
Endangered cassowaries are struggling to find food in the wake of last week’s Cyclone Yasi.
Nature & Wildlife
Detention centre threatens endangered parrot
A population of Carnaby’s cockatoos may have their habitat destroyed if a detention centre goes ahead.
Nature & Wildlife
True force of Yasi may never be known
Because there were no gauges where Cyclone Yasi made landfall, there are no direct measures of its strength.
Nature & Wildlife
Fairy-wrens hitchhike on predator’s song
Male fairy-wrens flirt with danger, singing love songs after a predator’s call, when a female is most attentive.
Nature & Wildlife
Water quality concerns plague Queensland
The masses of contaminants in the floodwater in Queensland are posing threats to health and ecosystems.
Nature & Wildlife
Floodgates open at Wivenhoe Dam
Water is still pouring towards Brisbane from the Wivenhoe Dam, but at a lower rate than earlier in the week.
Nature & Wildlife
La Niña rains to stay for months
The La Niña climate system which is responsible for much of the heavy rain in Queensland, is set to continue.
Biodiversity
Drunken parrots falling from sky
Parrots intoxicated by a mystery substance are dropping out of the sky near Darwin.