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Returning 11-24 March, Singleton's Seniors Festival features over 14 events and activities including author talks, a Men's Shed open day and social gardening

Remembering the pioneering historian and activist, Emerita Professor Lyndall Ryan. Explore her impactful work on Australian colonial history and feminism.

Remembering the pioneering historian and activist, Emerita Professor Lyndall Ryan. Explore her impactful work on Australian colonial history and feminism.

Remembering the pioneering historian and activist, Emerita Professor Lyndall Ryan. Explore her impactful work on Australian colonial history and feminism.

Remembering the pioneering historian and activist, Emerita Professor Lyndall Ryan. Explore her impactful work on Australian colonial history and feminism.

This volume explores nonhuman animals’ involvement with human maritime activities in the age of sail—as well as the myriad multispecies connections formed across different geographical locations knitted together by the long history of global ship movement. Far from treating the ship as a confined space defined by the sea, Maritime Animals considers the ship’s connections to broader contexts and networks and covers a variety of locations, from the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific Islands. Ea...

Footage of Paora being petted by zoo visitors under fluorescent lights has caused an outcry in New Zealand, where it is common knowledge that the national bird is nocturnal and should not be handled other than by experts.

Video of the national bird being handled by Miami zoo visitors caused an outcry in New Zealand. Even the prime minister weighed in.

New York Times: How a shy bird with a preference for solitude became a diplomat.

Councillor Linda Scott, who moved the motion, says there are about five times as many statues of birds as women in city council