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Crows can recognise and ascribe numerical meaning to symbols, a new study shows, suggesting that the unusually intelligent birds may be able to “read” numbers and simple icons. Crows are known for their…
A new report on Australian birds has added four more species to the critically endangered list and found that a total of 39 species or sub-species are more threatened now than they were a decade ago. The…
Building nests does not come naturally to birds, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh. Scientists found…
Penguins may use smell to determine if they are related to a potential mate. Despite the large size of penguin communities…
Producing milk to feed babies is normally the domain of mammals, including humans. But it has been discovered that the pigeon…
Larger groups of birds are better at solving problems than smaller ones, scientists have found. The researchers believe that…
Only a few days old and still blind and naked, chicks of the African greater honeyguide kill their newly hatched foster siblings…
Using chickens, researchers investigating whether the innermost digit of a bird’s three-pronged wing is a index finger or…
Why do females cheat on their partners? A new study of songbirds in the US – published today – suggests cheating females are more successful in the long-run and get more grandchildren. Why? Because the…
The circulation of a new strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus from China and Vietnam has prompted calls from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN for health authorities to be ready for a possible…
A study into zebra finches shows same-sex pairs of birds are just as faithful to each other as opposite sex pairs. The research…
Superb fairy-wrens are expert eavesdroppers, learning to understand and react to the danger calls of other bird species living…
While the early bird might catch the worm, it’s the quick bird that gets the ladies. That’s the case for rock ptarmigans…
The feathers of wild birds can be analysed to determine the effect natural- and human-caused disasters have on wild populations…
Far from being a harmonious sing-a-long, song-sharing among sparrow populations is actually an aggressive behaviour, akin…
The fossilised remains of a 780,000 year old prehistoric bird have been found in a cave on the Nullabor Plain. The bird…
The long-term debate of how bird wings evolved from five-digits to three-digits has been settled according to new evidence…
As little as 15 years ago, the boundary between birds and dinosaurs was a fairly sharp one. On one side was Archaeopteryx, a 150 million-year-old magpie-sized creature from Bavaria, southern Germany, long…
Long before Elle Macpherson staked her claim to the title, indeed by the end of the 1890s, Australia had inadvertently exported a model to the northern hemisphere that has become internationally famous…
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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
