Reuters

700-year-old Vatican drawing of Australian bird rewrites medieval trade route history

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A drawing of an Australasian cockatoo by a Roman Emperor has revealed trade routes between Southeast Asia and Europe were flourishing around 250 years earlier than previously ...
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.
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Bird minds : cognition and behaviour of Australian native birds / Gisela Kaplan

1. Australian conditions and their consequences -- 2. Brain size, long life and resourcefulness -- 3. Foragers, food-switchers and innovators -- 4. Tool use -- 5. Nest and bower builders -- 6. Play ...
Science Daily

Australia's most at-risk bird species share some common traits

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study has shown. Australia has over 750 native bird species. But many of them are facing an ...
The Conversation

What Australian birds can teach us about choosing a partner and making it last

Gisela Kaplan has previously received funding from Australian Research Council. Love, sex and mate choice are topics that never go out of fashion among humans or, surprisingly, among some Australian ...