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October 2019

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A Rosella by Any Other Name: talking Australian Bird Names with Ian Fraser

This National Bird Week learn more about Australia’s birds and the changing ways we describe them with Australian Bird Names co-author Ian Fraser.

A watercolour illustration of shearwaters in flight

Windcatcher: an amazing tale of migration, conservation and survival

Award-winning children’s author Diane Jackson Hill explores the mysteries of seabird migration in her beautiful new book Windcatcher. We asked Di what it is about this plucky little bird that inspired her.

An illustration of animals in tree hollows

World Habitat Day: Home is where the hollow is

It’s World Habitat Day on October 7 and we choose to celebrate the amazing world of tree hollows, and the incredible animals that call them home.

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Whitley Awards 2019: Recognising the best of Australasian zoological literature

Each year the Royal Zoological Society of NSW celebrates the best of Australasian zoological literature by awarding the Whitley Medal. In 2019 we are thrilled to announce the winner is Zobi and the Zoox: A Story of Coral Bleaching.

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