Certainly, lyrebirds are among Australia’s most well-known songbirds, mimicking everything from camera clicks to chainsaws, but now scientists have revealed the profound impact they have on forests. A ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The superb lyrebird is best known for its sophisticated and powerful calls, which echo through the forest and mimic the song of other ...

PJ Wallis, nervous and filled with adrenaline, was preparing to defend her friend's home from a raging bushfire when she saw something remarkable. Lyrebirds are generally solitary and territorial ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) In wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behaviour – tilling the soil to create habitats for their prey to flourish. The superb ...

The superb lyrebird, famous for its extraordinary ability to mimic practically any noise, has now been shown to be a resourceful farmer, raking the forest floor to create the ideal conditions for its ...

Robyn Hermans remembers the strangeness of the land stripped bare by the Black Summer bushfires at her East Gippsland property, north of Bairnsdale. The exposed landscape revealed small mounds of dirt ...

When birds see a predator in their midst, one defensive strategy is to call out loudly, attracting other birds of the same or different species to do the same. Sometimes individuals within this ...

We know lyrebirds are talented mimics, but now, scientists say they sometimes use those talents to deceive females. Male lyrebirds will mimic the sound of mobbing birds to fool female lyrebirds into ...

Males use vocal trickery to fool females into thinking a threat is lurking, giving them time to sow their genetic seeds Male lyrebirds in the throes of sexual union will mimic the sound of a ...

Lyrebirds are famous for the mimicked sounds they sing, but they now have another claim to fame: They dance to their own songs. “Just as we waltz to waltz music but we salsa to salsa music, so ...