This bird’s mimic abilities are so advanced that they can fool other species. Here’s what the science reveals about nature’s ...

The superb lyrebird (scientific name *Menura novaehollandiae*), a species native to Australia, is famous for its ability to imitate almost any sound, including car alarms and chainsaws. It has now ...

What will the moviegoing public make of a film called “Lyrebird”? Oblique but apt, that title refers to an ostentatious Australian bird capable of mimicking the calls of countless other species — the ...

The lyrebird can mimic the sounds of at least 20 different species. A male lyrebird manipulatively uses this to his advantage, mimicking the sound of a flock of birds to convince a nearby female that ...

The pheasant-sized superb lyrebird doesn't look like much until you get to its tail. There are 16 feathers, the two outermost being erect and creating a gorgeous pinnacle of lacy white and brown ...

Charles Darwin hated the peacock – hated it – at one point writing that he was simply sickened by its ostentatious feathers. He couldn’t for the life of him figure out why a creature would essentially ...

Felix Cehak receives funding from UNSW in the form of a current PhD student stipend. Influential ornithologist John James Audubon’s historical ownership of slaves has spurred a debate about bird names ...

A superb lyrebird named Echo has also mastered a rendition of the Sydney zoo’s fire alarm, complete with the ‘evacuate now’ announcement Australian bird of the year 2021: nominate your favourite for ...