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Both indigo buntings and blue jays are blue birds with black markings. However, that is where the similarities end. Buntings are relatively small birds that are only up to 5.5 inches from head to ...
Their voices, colourful plumage and stories have inspired generations of classical musicians. Here is a small selection of Australian birds in classical music to wake up to or wind down your day.
MACON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, today announced the appointment of Britton Smith to president, effective ...
Global law firm Bird & Bird is celebrating 10 years in operation in Australia. To mark that occasion, the firm’s Australian head and managing partner spoke with Lawyers Weekly about the decade that ...
Concerns are growing for SA's endangered sea lions, prompting a call for a Coorong-based testing laboratory to ensure a "nimble" response to H5N1 bird flu's potential arrival.
Australian man Alejandro Rios, 25, ... Rios said he was first pecked on the head by a dive-bombing magpie bird on Sept. 20 — and he thought it was an odd occurrence.
The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching and shaking its head—a behavior they had ...
SYDNEY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Sunday it would spend an extra A$95 million ($64.13 million) to protect against a destructive bird flu strain that has spread through bird ...
The bee has been recorded head-banging at 350 times per second. This is the first time the insect has been observed in action. Australian blue-banded bee 'head-banging' at 350 times per second ...
They say two heads can result from the incomplete splitting of an embryo inside the egg. Lucky the two-headed blue tongue lizard. Picture: Australian Reptile Park.
BALLOONS in the red and blue colours of Saxon Bird's Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club wafted over the Gold Coast this morning as thousands mourned his drowning.
Australia is home to seven species of lorikeet, of which the rainbow lorikeet is the best known. Lorikeets are possibly Australia’s fruitiest coloured birds. Bright blue, orange, yellow and green in ...