Camouflage feathers send sexy signals
Birds with less fancy feathers use their patterns for both attracting mates and camouflaging, new research says.
Tag: birds
Bowerbirds use optical illusion to attract mates
Male bowerbirds arrange object to appear bigger and more attractive to females, scientists find.
Promiscuity pays for female finches
These birds need a man to help about the nest, but still want options when choosing the best sperm to fertilise their eggs.
Penguin poo gives clues from space
A pink “carpet” of penguin poo is allowing Australian researchers to track the birds by satellite.
Biodiversity
Drunken parrots falling from sky
Parrots intoxicated by a mystery substance are dropping out of the sky near Darwin.
History & Culture
Bird rock art could be world’s oldest
A rock painting that appears to be of a bird that went extinct about 40,000 years ago has been discovered in northern Australia.
Nature & Wildlife
Reader photography: Birdlife
Our readers reached great heights to bring you this stunning collection of fine feathered photography.
Nature & Wildlife
Critically endangered birds fly free
New hope for dwindling regent honeyeaters as captive birds are released in Victoria.
Nature & Wildlife
World’s only migratory parrots in peril
Two Australian parrots migrate annually over Bass Strait — a voyage that threatens their survival.
Nature & Wildlife
Mysteries of the Australian pelican
Tracking the Australian pelican from the coast to the country’s centre.