Native Aussie animal taking over New Zealand becomes strangely supersized: 'Rivals sheep population'

It's not the only Aussie animal that's invaded New Zealand — magpies and wallabies are common in some regions, and there have ...

Ruud Kleinpaste: Bird behaviour in your garden

Mid-summer in your garden is an important time for your “locals”. Normally you won’t see many birds apart from the common ...

'Opportunistic' seagulls making the most of Wellington sewage spill

Raw sewage has been spewing into the South coast and further out to the Cook Strait since the plant's massive failure two ...

Give Punch a break! Zoo responds to heartbreaking video of baby monkey

In a new video of Punch, the baby monkey is dragged around in circles by an adult monkey, upsetting animal lovers around the globe. The zoo explains.
Discover Wildlife

“Millions have been released.” Hawaii’s beautiful birds are dying. But scientists have a controversial plan to save them

But Harvey-Samuel believes no one single method will save Hawaii’s native birds. His work is at a very early stage, and it could be many years before there are any genetically modified mosquitoes ...
Dinosaur Discovery on MSN

The dumbest dinosaurs might not have been so simple

Some dinosaurs are often described as the smartest or the dumbest but those labels remain scientifically uncertain Researchers usually estimate intelligence by comparing brain size to body mass yet th ...

Don’t bell Australia’s cats. Just make it illegal to own one

It is rightly illegal to own or import a fox, and yet we allow the breeding and selling of cats, which do about 10 times more ...
IEEE

African Birds Identification Using Swing Transformer

The popular hobby of birdwatching necessitates the use of bird books to determine the name of the bird. The birdwatchers observe the birds with their naked eyes for detection and identification of ...