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Wind farms are responsible for a large number of bird deaths. Finding a way to ensure that they can co-exist is vital.
Scientists have identified the brain region that makes it possible for parrots to speak.
After falling victim to disease, there seems to be little hope left for Australia’s most endangered parrot.
Species facing the blitz of accelerating, human-driven change don’t always cope well. Birds are among the most visible windows into this world of vulnerability.
Five million shorebirds migrate between Australia and the northern hemisphere, threatened by habitat destruction, and rising seas. How can we protect this natural marvel?
Fossils of the oldest bird ever pushes back the evolutionary record for birds by nearly six million years.
New research shows Tasmania’s swift parrots could be extinct in less than 20 years
The humble sparrow represents a conduit to nature for many, and its wellbeing is connected to ours. That’s reason enough to celebrate World Sparrow Day.
Emperor penguins are adapted to the bitter cold of Antarctica, but a new study reveals that during the last ice age it got too cold even for them.
Drones, robots and unmanned submarines used to be for military use only. But these days the technology is rapidly advancing and becoming more available for emergency services, farmers, film-makers or the…
There aren’t many animals high up in the Himalayas, but the odd bird passes by. Each year bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) travel from their breeding grounds in China and Mongolia to spend winter in the…
Today’s land birds, from ducks to eagles, shared a common ancestor after dinosaurs went extinct – just one finding from bird gene studies published in journals, including Science and GigaScience, today…
Here’s an activity for you this weekend: either staying at home or heading bush, count the number and type of birds you see. It’s all part of BirdLife Australia’s Challenge Count, an annual event that’s…
Great tits are opportunistic copycats. Entire populations can be found performing the same arbitrary behaviour simply because birds copy one another, following a fashion. And it’s this behaviour, reported…
Imagine a sky full of autonomous flying machines delivering anything from fast-food to important documents, medical supplies or just a surprise gift for someone special. How do you stop them all colliding…
Despite its name, the Crimson Rosella is perhaps Australia’s most colour-variable bird and a cause of this striking and beautiful diversity seems to be a disease that’s potentially deadly to many other…
While a week can be a long time in politics, palaeontology typically moves more sedately, in keeping with its subject matter (the slow progression of the aeons). But one area of fossil research is seeing…
From Roman classics to British tabloids, humans have long celebrated the curious and remarkable ability of birds to imitate the sounds of humans and other animals. A recent surge of research is revealing…
Native Australian bronze-cuckoos trick other cuckoos as they compete to take over other birds’ nests. Australian National…
Principales colaboradores
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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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Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University
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Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Lecturer/ Ecologist, University of New England
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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, 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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Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
