Love, sex and mate choice are topics that never go out of fashion among humans or, surprisingly, among some Australian birds. For these species, choosing the right partner is a driver of evolution and ...
The malleefowl doesn't sit on its eggs like other birds. Instead, it engineers a living, self-heating incubator from scratch ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if ...
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Meet the kookaburra, the Australian bird that sounds like it is laughing
The laughing kookaburra is a well-known bird from Australia. It is most famous for its loud call that sounds exactly like human laughter. In this video, a healthy kookaburra demonstrates its vocal ...
Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened—compared with 195 a decade ago—and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found.
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First H5 bird flu death of endangered Australian sea lion recorded amid fears for small population
South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals ...
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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now spread from migratory birds to infect resident Australian birds. Clusters of dead birds have been found in several locations. The virus will inevitably ...
Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An album consisting of the sounds of endangered Australian birds has ...
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Which animals have been infected by H5N1 bird flu in Australia so far?
Bird flu has quickly spread around Australia. Hidden in the numbers are more than 20 distinct species of birds and mammals that have fallen to the disease.
Australia spent years preparing for the highly contagious H5N1 to arrive. The virus mainly affects birds, causing a type of ...
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