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Rare and Elusive Australian Bird, Once Thought Extinct for 100 Years, Discovered by Indigenous Rangers and Scientists
The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback ... In fact, the vibrant, green ...
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Meet The Dazzling ‘Paradise Parrot’–Australia’s Only Extinct Bird
I write about the world of biology. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved surprisingly resilient against a wide range of ... [+] pressures. But they will continue to perish if we don ...
Indigenous rangers find secret population of one of Australia’s rarest birds
A small population of the elusive yellowish-green parrots was only found in ... is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with ...
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Using weather radar to track Australia’s migrating birds
For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel ...
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Magpie swooping: Inside the Australian bird's annual reign of terror
These are some of the ominous warnings issued in Australia each spring, as magpies and humans begin their annual turf war. Streets and parks become a battleground, as the birds - descending from ...