AG Society News

The enigma of the night parrot

Few Australian birds have inspired as much awe, speculation and myth as the night parrot. Thought lost for more than a century, it’s one of the world’s great biological enigmas; a parrot that lives its life in darkness, concealed deep within the spinifex of arid Australia.

AG Society

The longest walk

Lucy Barnard is walking from Argentina to Alaska – the length of the Americas – on an extraordinary journey of endurance and adventure.

Biodiversity

Burdened by beauty

Northern Australia’s Gouldian finch survives in huge numbers in cages around the world, but its wild population continues to struggle.