Newsweek

Social Media Helps Sounds of Endangered Birds Soar to No. 5 on the Australian Music Charts

An album consisting of the sounds of endangered Australian birds has made its way to the top of the country's music charts after a heavy push on social media. "Songs of Disappearance" was released Dec ...
People

Australian Magpie Mimics Siren as Firefighters Continue to Battle Australia's Wildfires

Experts estimate the wildfires currently burning through southern Australia have killed over half a billion animal Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the ...
CNN

Australian magpie mimics emergency sirens as deadly fires rage

A songbird mimicking the sounds of emergency sirens has been caught on video in southeast Australia, as firefighters battle deadly wildfires in the region. Former threatened species commissioner ...
The Conversation

‘Bloody fool!’: why Ripper the musk duck, and many other talkative Aussie birds, are exciting biologists

Anastasia Dalziell receives funding from the National Science Foundation (USA). She was recently a postdoctoral research fellow with the Macaulay Library: a scientific archive of natural history audio ...
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From black swans to bin chooks: this is Australia’s Bird of the Year

It’s a small act with a big impact – your vote matters! From the unmistakable garble of magpies to the colourful flash of rainbow lorikeets, Australia’s native birds are as vibrant as the country they ...
The Conversation

Australia has more native bird species than almost anywhere else. What led to this explosion of diversity?

Stephen Garnett receives funding from the Australian Research Council. I am an active member of BirdLife Australia. If you did, there’s a decent chance the bird you saw lives nowhere but Australia.