Scientists consider cross-breeding to save Australia's orange-bellied parrot from extinction
A team of environmental scientists at the University of Sydney, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of ...
Frozen penguin among millions of specimens moved to new home at CSIRO's National Collections Building
The collections include 99 per cent of Australia's native birds as well as exotic bird species, skeletons, mammals, reptiles ...
Mass poisoning suspected as hundreds of birds fall from trees in Australia
Corellas often damage farms and orchards but authorities say misuse of pesticides to poison birds carries heavy penalties ...
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Birds of Paradise
Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and riflebirds species also dwell in Australia. Birds of paradise are so attractive that their appearance once made ...
Simple solution to protect migrating Aussie bird as numbers plummet to 'dangerous levels'
As one of the world’s rarest birds migrates across Bass Strait, there are fears its northern homeland is being destroyed at a ...
World's first case of H5N1 bird flu found in UK sheep, sparking Australian biosecurity warning
Scientists call for the federal government to invest more in preventing the disease from spreading to Australia's $5 billion ...
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21 native species added to threatened list
Twenty-one native flora and fauna species have been added to Australia’s federal threatened species list, and six species already on the list have been moved into higher-threat categories. “This ...