AG Blog Creatures of the dusk and dawn THERE IS ANOTHER BREED of city dweller that comes out at night – and some of them are rarely ever seen. The city is not usually a landscape that people…
Creatura Blog The rose-crowned fruit dove looks like a rainbow Paddle Pop This dove rivals parrots with its colourful feather patterns….
AustroPalaeo Digging for dinosaurs …and have helped firm up the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. These include Gigantoraptor (the name almost sounds like a joke, but it’s not), a massive, parrot-beaked oviraptorosaur, which…
Creatura Blog Oriental dwarf kingfisher, a rainbow by any other name …superb judgment of distance and speed, such as hawks, owls, eagles, parrots and hummingbirds, have two foveae per eye. We lowly humans only have one. Oriental dwarf kingfisher a separate…
History & Culture Speaking up …of arrwe-atnulke (striped mint bush) and explain its medicinal properties or point out a pair of arlpatye (ringneck parrots). “We are people of the land and our language expresses this….
Destinations 10 remote national parks you should visit …water, fuel and vehicle repair parts. You will need a permit to stay in the park overnight, with two campgrounds around Smith Point; book well in advance. There is also…
History & Culture Australia's top 10 most popular dogs …some of the brightest, such as border collies, can learn up to 200 different words and commands. This puts them up there with dolphins, parrots and great apes when it…
Destinations 6 weekend adventures in Tamworth …an easier pace, a second track leads to the top of the first fall and will take a little more than 30 minutes up and back. At night, curl up…
Wildlife The endangered animals of the Aussie Alps …tree frogs and two bird species: orange-bellied parrots and helmeted honeyeaters.” Most of these creatures are being bred for release, in order to boost wild numbers. Some, such as the…
Wildlife Bird boom in Broken Hill …able to sit back and look at a mulga parrot or a red-backed kingfisher perched in a tree, and take that reflective moment to think how lucky I am to…