Focusing on conservation of orange-fronted parakeets

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.
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.
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.