Australia's night parrot is nocturnal, but the rare and elusive bird may not actually be able to see very well in the dark, according to a new study. Australia's night parrot is nocturnal, but the ...

An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope. By Anthony Ham There had been no confirmed sightings of a live ...

Australia’s Indigenous rangers have helped discover a previously unknown population of the night parrot – one of the rarest birds in the continent thought to have been extinct for over a century. A ...

A trail camera at a nature reserve in Australia photographed a night parrot, the “planet’s most elusive bird,” conservationists said. Photo from Bush Heritage Australia As night settled across the ...

CT scans reveal unique asymmetrical cranial anatomy, similar to an owl, may be key to the survival of Australia's critically endangered night parrot Australia's night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis).