A new type of Archaeopteryx fossil helps build the case for this creature being called ‘the first bird’.
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Like reptiles, birds do not have two separate exits from the body. They have one, called the cloaca. It is quite similar to the human anus but the cloaca expels both indigestible bits and toxins.
As both beneficiary and victim of EU policies, yellowhammers are apt symbols for Brexit’s divisions.
The ibis has become an Australian cultural phenomenon. The birds’ tenacity and fearlessness as environmental refugees mean they attract love and hate alike.
Not all birds have eyes on the sides of their heads – but even those that do can see straight in front of them.
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Today, we're hearing about a researcher who records birdsong, how tech changes music and why song might help address Indigenous language loss.
Rivers are natural boundaries for evolving populations. But scientists don’t agree whether they create new species or just help maintain them. Research using birds’ molecular clocks provides some answers.
Both male and female birds sing to impress other birds, but as well as that, they do it for pleasure!
Until very recently the Canada jay was called the gray jay. How did the bird lose its original name in the 1950s, and gain it back again, just in time for Canada Day?
London should be one giant pigeon cemetery, but you rarely see the bodies.
Stick insects may be using birds to disperse their eggs, just as plant do.
For decades, state and federal governments have shed environmental budgets and staff. Now it’s up to volunteers to fill the gap.
The bird faces a wave of challenges – from climate change to human hunters.
Jurassic Park’s dinosaur DNA premise is not so simple in real life
New research shows that ground-dwelling birds were more likely to survive the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period.
There are hundreds of variations on the basic ‘flavour’ of bird migration.
Migrating to Europe changed the immune systems of birds who no longer needed to worry about African diseases.
Wild animals are hard at work this spring. Here’s how their hard labour benefits humans, and why we should be more appreciative.
City living isn’t for everyone, but certain birds can prosper in the environment.
The Trump administration is narrowing protection for migratory birds to cover only deliberate harm such as hunting, but not threats like development or pollution that kill millions of birds yearly.
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Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Research Director and Curator, Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, CSIRO
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