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Australia's only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of prey from the Pleistocene period more than 50,000 years ago -- and now researchers are bringing ...
A rare solar eclipse passed over Australia and southeast Asia, stunning skygazers and panicking birds along the way. The hybrid solar eclipse started in the Indian Ocean around sunrise, crossed ...
Previously, the oldest evidence for birds in Gondwana was a wishbone and a feather found in south-east Australia, dating back to roughly 118 million years ago. Now, Anthony Martin at Emory ...
Australia’s threatened birds have declined by 59%, on average, between 1985 and 2016 based on 400,000 surveys at more than 17,000 locations according to Australia’s world-first Threatened Bird ...
First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal.
Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night sky to navigate, according to a new study.
At the other end of the spectrum, some birds are very hard to find. Here’s Australia’s top 10 most elusive birds. Read more: Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else.
Using weather radar to track Australia's migrating birds Date: October 28, 2024 Source: University of Queensland Summary: Scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to ...
More than a year on, however, all the birds appear to have survived. For Ms. McLeod, who belongs to Taranaki Whanui, a local Maori tribe, there was another reason to be proud.
17 March 2021 Rare birds in Australia have forgotten how to sing their own song Without elder instructors of their own kind, young regent honeyeaters are adapting the songs of other species.
Australia’s only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of prey from the Pleistocene period more than 50,000 years ago – and now Flinders University ...