The green night parrot, Pezoporus occidentalis, was once a common sight in Australia. Long thought to be extinct, it has been ...

The lives of people and parrots have been entwined for thousands of years. These colorful, charismatic birds are kept as pets all over the world for companionship and entertainment. In recent ...

Once we found the night parrot populations, we wanted to know what threats they faced. We used camera-traps to identify predators and also collected their scats (poos) to analyze their diets.

T he night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback. The arrival of colonists and ...

Besides fire and introduced predators, the parrots may be threatened by the disruption of feral camels. The consequences of global heating on the parrots are unknown, but in one of the hottest ...

Once we found the night parrot populations, we wanted to know what threats they faced. We used camera-traps to identify predators and also collected their scats (poos) to analyse their diets.

Once researchers found the night parrot populations, they wanted to know what threats they faced. They used camera-traps to identify predators and also collected their scats (poos) to analyse their ...

Over the past year, an Argentinian rock radio station has twice had its antenna wrecked. Short circuits have fried gear left and right, and relentless power outages - sometimes hitting twice a day - ...

"We think the cats don't want to travel much through here because of all the dingoes," Mr Sunfly said, adding that dingoes aren't likely a night parrot predator. Indigenous Desert Alliance ...