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Rain and wildlife hazards
Many parts of eastern Australia have experienced some extreme summer weather in the past few months. Avisure is closely monitoring these seasonal conditions, and the impact of the flooding, which has occurred almost the length of the east coast, on wildlife behaviour.
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Species Spotlight – Australian Pelican
A wonderful bird is the pelican, for its bill can hold more than its belly can.’ That pouched bill is the pelican’s distinctive feature, holding up to 13 litres of water.
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Introducing … Dr Isabel C. Metz
Research associate at the German Aerospace Centre
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Introducing … Dr Carla Dove
Program Manager, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Feather Identification Lab
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Exercise Northern Overrun a safety success
Cairns Airport carried out its biggest-ever full-field emergency exercise in June 2023: ‘Northern Overrun’.
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Introducing… James Binkhorst
James Binkhorst is a wildlife biologist and Victorian wildlife team leader based in Avisure’s southern office.
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