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A flock of vultures (Cryptogyps lacertosus) and Australian ravens watch and wait (left), as an adult eagle Dynatoaetus pachyosteus feeds on the carcass of a dead Diprotodon (centre), while a younger bird seeks to join in. In the nearby treetops, a second adult D. pachyosteus feeds its hungry chick (right). John Barrie

Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia

New fossils reveal Australia was once home to a much greater diversity of huge eagles and vultures, which died off alongside ‘giant wombats’ and ‘marsupial lions’.
Masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae), one of many birds of prey at great risk of secondary poisoning Belinda Davis

Mouse plague: bromadiolone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too

The NSW government has secured an extremely toxic bait to try to end the mouse plague. But there are safer alternatives.

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