From nuisance to mascot, the true history of Sydney’s bin chicken
The much-derided white ibis wasn’t always a city-slicker. But now it calls Sydney home, a rare case of a metropolis being the ...
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Century-old clues reveal hidden threat to Australian songbird
A hidden threat facing one of Australia's most iconic birds has been uncovered in a new study. The critically endangered regent honeyeater once numbered in the hundreds of thousands, but their ...
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The Search for One of North America’s Rarest Birds
Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...
Trump's tariffs are so far-reaching they include several remote, uninhabited islands
The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean ...
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Australia sizes up a continent-size gap in air defenses
Military leaders are prizing sensors over interceptors in what will be Australia’s future network of weapons for defending ...
Aussies trapped in their homes by 'intimidating' 55-kilo bird
Residents in a small Aussie community are hiding in their homes and have reported feeling “intimidated” following an attack from a giant Aussie bird that left a man in hospital. Throughout the week, ...
Entire Aussie street living in fear of 55-kilo wild bird's 'bold behaviour'
Residents in a small Aussie community are hiding in their homes and have reported feeling “intimidated” following an attack from a giant Aussie bird that left a man in hospital. Throughout the week, ...
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 ...
Orange-bellied parrot's last chance for survival may be cross species breeding
The endangered orange-bellied parrot has lost 62 per cent of its genetic diversity and can only be saved by breeding with another species or editing its genes, a study suggests.