While there is still a lot to learn, bird watchers are encouraged to help scientists understand these wild soap operas by getting out and recording their own observations of Australia's fairy-wrens.

They may seem like just a beautiful blue bird, but under the surface the social dynamics of the splendid fairy-wren is anything but simple. Skip to main content ABC News ...

The Wren, painted by Whiteley that year, featured an exquisite blue bird in an expanse of sun-bleached yellow grassland. Around and across the canvas swept a river with rocky outcrops within and ...