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 ...

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 ...

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," ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. “I was going out to Interlaken to put a recorder out because, in previous years, they had been heard out ...

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.

Matthew Herring also works as a private consultant for the Bitterns in Rice Project, a collaboration between Birdlife Australia, Ricegrowers' Association of Australia and Riverina Local Land Services, ...

“I was going out to Interlaken to put a recorder out because, in previous years, they had been heard out there,” he said. “The site I wanted to get to, I couldn’t, for various reasons. I was driving ...