Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga ...

Experts celebrate discovery of secretive and endangered Australasian bittern in recently restored wetlands The “bunyip bird” – named after a mythological river-lurking, human-eating monster – is as ...

For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands. The Australasian ...

Bob Green can name just about every bird at South Australia's Bool Lagoon, but his eyes light up when he hears the Australasian bittern's booming call. "It's a great thing, a special thing to hear," ...

Eleven captive-bred helmeted honey-eaters will be released into the Bunyip State Park, east of Melbourne today, to boost the bird's numbers. Seven of the critically endangered birds were bred at ...

The Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia in collaboration with Birdlife Australia, the Riverina Local Land Services and Murrumbidgee Landcare and other organisations are aiming to raise $50 000 to ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The debate around the Murray-Darling Basin is often sharply polarised: irrigation is destroying the environment, or water reforms are ruining farming communities. But there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Country, these two species are now rare. Kamilaroi people want to turn this around. But to do that, we come up against a ...