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By Deborah Smith Science Editor
The males are green. The females are brilliant red and blue.
Now the puzzle of the unique colour scheme of the Australian eclectus parrot has been solved in an eight-year study by researchers who climbed tall rainforest trees to observe them in their nests. Read on…
Zero is an abstract notion that humans don’t typically understand until ages 3 or 4. Read on…
The Age By Penelope Debelle
Another drought in southern Australia may further threathen the endangered subspecies of red-tailed black cockatoos - the mascot for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Read on…
Nothing makes our heart beat faster than a pair of beautiful parrots flying in sync against a clearblue sky. Read on…
Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation
Updated: July 2005
In the first week of May 2005 another two Spix’s Macaw chicks hatched, and are now being hand–reared by the staff at Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation. These two new baby macaws represent an amazing almost 4 % increase in the known world population of their species. Read on…
For most people, the thought of hiking through cold, boggy tracks to sleep in a small tent on a steep hillside, and then to be woken four to fives times a night, doesn’t sound like a holiday. Read on…
