While the human population grapples with ways to counter the effects of climate change, Deakin University research has discovered that birds might have been working on their own solution for the past 145 years – grow bigger ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2015
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Scientists have discovered the nomadic swift parrot has an uncanny ability to find the best food supplies across the whole of Tasmania each year.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2015
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Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) are calling for the public to help protect three species of critically endangered birds.
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2015
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The iconic Tasmanian swift parrot is facing population collapse and could become extinct within 16 years, new research has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2015
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Yes, it is possible to study parrots with GPS trackers—you just have to make them beak-proof. For a new paper in The Auk: Ornithological Advances, Erin Kennedy, George Perry, and Todd Dennis of the University of Auckland ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2015
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Wildlife smugglers within and outside Australia could be exploiting high overseas demand for Australian parrots due to a lack of systematic reporting and monitoring of the wildlife trade in many countries, according to a ...
Ecology
Oct 27, 2014
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It was just a feather: but in the tropical paradise of the Seychelles, the discovery of parakeet plumage has put environmentalists in a flutter, with a foreign invading bird threatening the national parrot.
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2014
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The population of the critically endangered Green Parrot (Cyanoramphus cookii) on Norfolk Island is on the rise, thanks to an intensive collaboration between Massey University researchers and Norfolk Island National Park ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2014
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Science has learned a great deal about complex social behavior by studying nonhuman mammals and primates, but parrots might have something to teach too.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2014
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It may be a while before drones start patrolling American skies or delivering packages, but kids and adults will be able to command their own personal flying devices very soon.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 10, 2014
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