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August 30, 2021

This bird’s stamina is remarkable: it flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia, but now its habitat is under threat

Birgita Hansen, Federation University Australia

Imagine flying for five days straight, arriving at your destination emaciated and exhausted, only to find your habitat has disappeared. Such is the plight of the Latham’s Snipe.

March 10, 2021

Scientists used ‘fake news’ to stop predators killing endangered birds — and the result was remarkable

Peter Banks, University of Sydney and Catherine Price, University of Sydney

When scientists first thought to deceive predators with bird smells, the idea seemed crazy. But after seeing how fake news messes with the minds of both humans and animals, it now makes sense.

An adult fairy tern feeding a chick. Claire Greenwell

March 1, 2021

Birds on beaches are under attack from dogs, photographers and four-wheel drives. Here’s how you can help them

Claire Greenwell, Murdoch University

Researcher and photographer Claire Greenwell explains why people are the biggest threat to nesting shorebirds, and the simple ways you can help keep them safe next time you’re at the beach.

A bar-tailed godwit. Lucas DeCicco, US Fish and Wildlife Service.

May 25, 2020

Be still, my beating wings: hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia

Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, The University of Queensland

Researchers have discovered an alarming new threat to one of the most incredible wildlife migrations on Earth.

April 10, 2017

Promiscuous birds challenge the idea that more sexual partners speeds up evolution

Stuart Wigby, University of Oxford

What do we really know about the link between a species’ sex life and how it evolves?

Early in the morning and late in the evening is when shorebirds escape disturbance on the beaches on which their survival depends. Arnuchulo

March 15, 2017

Contested spaces: saving nature when our beaches have gone to the dogs

Madeleine Stigner, The University of Queensland; Kiran Dhanjal-Adams, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland

We aren’t just jostling with each other for beach space. Scuttling, waddling, hopping or flying away from beachgoers all around Australia, wildlife struggles to survive the daily disturbances.

Every year millions of birds migrate between Australia and the northern Hemisphere. Mdk572/Wikimedia

May 13, 2015

We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas

Sam Nicol, CSIRO; Iadine Chadès, CSIRO; Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland, and Takuya Iwamura, Stanford University

Five million shorebirds migrate between Australia and the northern hemisphere, threatened by habitat destruction, and rising seas. How can we protect this natural marvel?

May 6, 2013

Shorebirds threatened by rising seas

The University of Queensland

Millions of shorebirds could be in danger of massive population loss due to rising oceans. Research has predicted that a…

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