Paint it red When male orange fairy-wrens are painted red, they are more likely to be successful at mating with females other than their usual partner, a new study has found. Daniel Baldassarre, from ...

Alexandra McQueen receives funding from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment and Monash University. Anne Peters receives funding from the Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship and ...

Why would a bird perform a particularly conspicuous display in response to a predator’s call? This strange behavior seems like a recipe for disaster, since it probably alerts the predator to the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. The variegated fairy-wren is one of two species that can be seen in the area. They are called variegated ...

A puzzling example of altruism in nature has been debunked with researchers showing that purple-crowned fairy wrens are in reality cunningly planning for their own future when they assist in raising ...

In Australia, a pair of superb fairy-wrens return to their nest with food for their newborn chick. As they arrive, the chick makes its begging call. It’s hard to see in the darkness of the domed nest, ...