Biodiversity
Largest-known night parrot population found in Queensland
Scientists have discovered a new population of night parrots in Diamantina National Park, giving a large boost to the known range of the critically endangered bird.
Tag: birds
Nature & Wildlife
How I discovered one of the greatest wildlife gatherings on Earth in far-north Queensland
Metallic starlings – not the kind that live in your roof – breed in huge colonies that draw thousands of animals.
News
Magpie attack in Queensland leaves boy needing surgery
A magpie in Gladstone has caused serious eye injuries after swooping an eight-year-old boy.
Nature & Wildlife
The secret world of bird baths
Bird baths are more than just ornamental splash pools. They’re also a site where animals socialise and intense rivalries play out. And bird bath design, location and cleanliness can have a big impact.
Nature & Wildlife
The march of the brush turkey
This tenacious bird has been defiantly spreading across the east coast to reclaim much of its pre-European range.
Nature & Wildlife
Black-and-white bandits: magpie swooping season is here
Don’t waste your time worrying about crocs, snakes and spiders – of all Australia’s fauna, magpies cause the most injuries.
News
The world’s songbirds island-hopped out of Australia
New research disentangles the role Australia played in the evolution of songbirds.
Wallpaper
Rainbow bee eater
Rainbow bee eater (Merops ornatus) perched on a branch above the Injaidan rockhole in Iytwelepenty-Davenport Ranges National Park, Northern Territory.
Nature & Wildlife
The world’s biggest cuckoos once roamed the Nullarbor Plain
The Nullarbor is an arid, treeless expanse today. But several hundred thousand years ago it was home to a menagerie of species, including two newly discovered giant cuckoo-like birds.
Science & Environment
Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed.