Friday, October 18, 2013 at 1:29 
The rare orange-fronted parakeetPhotographing the endangered orange-fronted parakeets will be easier for Massey University researchers with the awarding of $5000 in Canon products from this year’s Canon Environmental Grants programme.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 12:09 
Spectacled Parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus). Image by Ron KnightScientists speculate two factors may influence why some animal species are smarter than others: the foraging behavior of a species (for instance, how cognitively demanding it is for the animals to obtain food) and the social complexity of the animals’ society.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 11:27 
Glossy black cockatoo. Image by Lock the Gate Alliance.The Victorian government won't keep to its own legal guidelines for the protection of endangered species, so an environmental group took them to court - with good results, writes Felicity Millner
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 9:55 
GENEVA - Swiss customs authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a bird specialist who smuggled the eggs of protected parrots in his underwear and travelled the globe including Thailand trading in rare species.
Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 0:57 
Mark Selmes on day 10 of his hunger strikeENVIRONMENTAL campaigner Mark Selmes of Mt Rae Forest is now on Day 10 of a Hunger Strike to highlight the government’s failure to protect the threatened Gang-Gang cockatoo in NSW.Mr Selmes, who has been camping outside Parliament House during the day and sleeping in local parks at night, places the responsibility for the Gang-Gang’s plight squarely on the shoulders of the NSW government.
