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Hey ladies: Males sing during the time when the females are fertile.Winter call of the lyrebirds

Thursday, 4 August 2011 [an error occurred while processing this directive] commentsArticle has audioArticle has photo slideshow
This month in nature In bushland along the east coast of Australia, male lyrebirds are putting on a song and dance show all in the name of love.
Subjects: animals, animal-behaviour, birds, scribblygum Locations: bega-2550, coffs-harbour-2450, gloucester-2422, gosford-2250, katoomba-2780, lismore-2480, muswellbrook-2333, newcastle-2300, nowra-2541, sydney-2000

Make the decision to stay or go as early as possible and don't change your mind, says one bushfire expert Flee early or stand your ground: expert

Tuesday, 10 February 2009Article has audioArticle has video
An Australian fire-behaviour specialist who helped authorities track the infernos, says the golden rule of surviving a bushfire - evacuate early or fight to the bitter end - still stands, despite the weekend's high death toll.
Subjects: urban-development-and-planning, emergency-planning, bushfire Locations: kinglake-3763, melbourne-3000

Robert Bruton looks over what used to be his house at Chum Creek, north-east on Melbourne, on February 10, 2009, after it was destroyed by a bushfire that tore through the town.Australians 'unprepared' for fire's fury

Monday, 9 February 2009Article has video
Australians remain unprepared to deal with bushfires despite a long history of loss and devastation from natural disasters, according to some of the country's leading bushfire researchers.
Subjects: urban-development-and-planning, emergency-planning, bushfire Locations: canberra-2600, vic, kinglake-3763

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