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Australia breeds brainy birds

Our parrots are not only visually spectacular - with splashes of every colour, in every size and shape - they are also some of the smartest and longest lived birds in the world. Our songbirds — ravens, honeyeaters, magpies, bowerbirds — have some of the greatest minds of the animal kingdom. They go fishing, remember people’s faces, mimic other species and even play hide-and-seek. They stay younger for longer than Northern Hemisphere species and can live twice as long. In this blog find out some of the weird and wonderful our birds get up to.

Tuning in to Amazon biodiversity

When we imagine the Amazon rainforest, we tend to picture a kingdom of tropical greenery - a flurry of squawks, motion and colour. In reality, it’s becoming increasingly uninhabited. We're working to create a continuous wireless network of sensors to monitor the activity of species and better understand biodiversity loss.

Talkin’ trash this Christmas

Because we all know how bad rubbish is for the environment, we decided to give you a few tips on how to lighten your rubbish load this Christmas.

Environment

Say Penguins! Our Gigapixel camera gets up close in Antarctica

We're using a Gigapixel camera to take photos of some seriously cute penguins in Antarctica, all in the name of science of course!

From meat myths to magpies: our most read blogs of 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, we've decided to take a look back at our 10 most interesting, entertaining and informative blogs.

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Sex lives of reptiles could leave them vulnerable to climate change

Sex reversal in reptiles is widespread and a powerful evolutionary force.

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Rays of the world are flat sharks and don’t deserve their scary reputation

The newly released book Rays of the World is the first illustrated guide to the world’s 633 known species of stingrays, skates, electric rays and sawfishes.

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Donating your body to science, a unique shark’s tale

Last week a broadnose sevengill shark washed ashore our Australian National Fish Collection facility, donating its body to science.

As Australian shipping grows, how can we avoid collisions with marine animals?

Australians increasingly rely on sea transportation, but this is putting us on a collision course – literally – with whales, turtles and other marine life.

Supporting the veteran vets on Australia’s biosecurity frontline

Our animal experts have been training veterinary practitioners, animal health managers, diagnosticians and livestock industry representatives in biosecurity and emergency animal diseases.

This Australian scientist drew every ray in the world

Lindsay Marshall illustrated 650 rays for Rays of the World, the first illustrated guide to all non-extinct species of ray.

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Cracked it! A 30-year cold case involving an egg and the mysterious Night Parrot

An egg discovered over 30 years in the Tanami Desert was thought to be from the elusive Night Parrot. But a recent genetic analysis reveals a different story.

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