Wildlife Great Barrier Reef: a 'hopping hotspot' THE GREAT BARRIER REEF is a source of much national pride, but it’s nowhere near as Australian as our marsupials, parrots and eucalypts. Nearly all the life forms it supports…
Wildlife The vegetable Australia gave the world …plant with seeds, or order some online. READ MORE: Parrot pie and possum curry – how colonial Australians embraced native food. On this day: Captain Cook sets sail. Gallery: Love…
Wildlife The corella's comeback THE LONG-BILLED corella has a built-in pick for digging – a super-long mandible for grubbing up dinner. This parrot once doted on yam daisy, also called murnong (Microseris walteri), a…
Wildlife Major Mitchell's cockatoos in terminal decline in Victoria …Gould once described as “the most beautiful parrot in the world”. Although widely distributed across arid and semi-arid inland areas of Australia, the species is in serious decline in Victoria,…
News Cockatoo identified in 13th Century Vatican manuscript …little parrot opens a window on a world we know little about.” London-based historian Philip Parker, who is the editor of Great Trade Routes, said this recent finding provides a precious…
Adventure The best multi-day walks in Australasia …chance you may – if lucky – hear kiwis at night in the surrounding valley. From Iris Burn Hut, it is a steep, zigzagging climb of about 890m up through…
News The ABC's new nature series 'The Magical Land of Oz' is a must watch DID YOU SEE the first episode of Northern Picture’s new three-part documentary series The Magical Land of Oz on the ABC last night? Well, we can confirm it’s a must-watch….
Destinations Rocking the Riverina …the reserve including Brown Treecreepers, Turquoise Parrots, Glossy Black Cockatoos, White-brown browed Babblers, Thronbills, Honeyeaters and Eastern Yellow and Red-Capped Robins. As well there are grey kangaroos, swamp wallabies, echidnae,…
Wildlife Lorikeets: Four things you didn’t know about them …the report however, bird expert Darryl Jones received over 500 emails about lorikeets and other parrots feasting on meat. There’s a lot of speculation about this behaviour. These include everything…
Wildlife The rakali, a native water rat, found feasting on cane toads in the Kimberley …that can be fatal even in very small doses. A cane toad at our field site in the Kimberley. (Image credit: Marissa Parrott) Eat your heart out Cane toads arrived…
