Eagles and Human Babies
As well as crocodiles, sharks and dingoes, Australia has a bird accused of eating people.
As well as crocodiles, sharks and dingoes, Australia has a bird accused of eating people.
As scientists discover just how incredibly smart some birds are, it may be time to start using the term bird brain as a compliment rather than an insult.
With less than 400 left on the mainland, an emergency translocation has given hope in the survival of one of Australia’s most endangered mammals – the Mala.
Australia’s tawny frogmouths are unique in every possible way. They shape-shift, they joint parent and they have an eerie stare that can either be frightening or epitomise how you might feel on a Monday morning.
Patience is one of Peggy Rismiller’s finest qualities, which is what makes her Australia’s most successful echidna expert.
From leafy gardens to harsh desert, no bushwalk is complete without a skink scurrying by.
As the weather warms, you’ll notice more wildlife appearing in your backyard – including snakes. Taronga Zoo keeper Emma Bembrick shares her top tips for safely interacting with these reptiles.
Kenny Travouillon, the curator of mammology at the Western Australian Museum, has been studying the ancient ancestry of bilbies and bandicoots for ten years. Through the rigorous analysis of extensive fossil records from Museums all across Australia, he’s grown more wary of the future of these iconic Aussie animals.
In a bid to understand more about Australia’s microbat populations, scientists from the University of Adelaide are asking the public to use bat detectors to record and analyse each species unique calls.