21 Oct 2013

Parent birds make a calculated risk when they alert their young to the presence of a predator, a new study by Dr Tonya Haff and Professor Rob Magrath has found...

11 Jun 2013

While showing off to the ladies, male lyrebirds coordinate song with dance, creating a display of a level of sophistication previously only known in humans....

22 Jun 2012

The lyrebird is the reigning king of karaoke in the animal world, with not even the birds being mimicked always able to tell the difference between the...

2 May 2011

The baffling question of why some animals help raise offspring which aren't their own is closer to being answered, thanks to new research from The...

9 Feb 2011

Babies crying with hunger may attract annoyed looks from bystanders, but in the bird world noisily crying nestlings are likely to pay the ultimate price,...

1 Jun 2007

Paired female and male Australian magpie-larks, Grallina cyanoleuca, can sing alone or in duets in which individuals alternate notes. The responding bird times...