Tracking the nighttime travels of the cyrptic powerful owl and other top stories.

• Tracking the nighttime travels of the cyrptic powerful owl

  

  The largest owl in Australia, the powerful owl is found in parks and suburban areas. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer How much space does a powerful owl need to live the good life in Melbourne's suburbs? Researchers trapping and tagging up to 10 of Australia's largest owl species are about to find out.The notoriously shy bird of prey with its startled "what are you looking at?" eyes is traditionally a forest species, though they are known to live around the green wedge..

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• Secret new reserve to protect rare Night Parrot

  

  The Night Parrot was once found across extensive areas of arid Australia. But changed fire regimes, the impacts of pastoralism and feral animals have decimated the species. So much so that the Night Parrot was feared extinct, with the last live specimen collected in Western Australia in 1912.But a single bird was photographed on a western Queensland pastoral property in 2013. Last year, another bird was trapped and fitted with a radio collar on the same property. A 56,000 hectare reserve, calle..

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• Aurora phenomena shown from space in NASA's new ultra-high-definition video

  

  Aurora phenomena shown from space in NASA's new ultra-high-definition video Updated April 18, 2016 15:10:32 The stunning natural spectacle of Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis have been captured from above in new footage released by NASA.NASA Television has released the ultra-high-definition video to give a new glimpse of the green glow that fascinates the world.The video was compiled using timelapse shots from arguably the best seat in the world for an aurora event ..

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• Sydney's corals now bleaching in 'pretty shocking' sign of warming waters

  

  EXCLUSIVE Video will begin in 5 seconds. Coral bleaching in Sydney Harbour The unusual warmth in Sydney Harbour triggers coral bleaching for the first time on record, according to marine biologists. (Video by Matthew Nitschke) PT0M43S 620 349 The giant coral bleaching event that is devastating wide swaths of the Great Barrier Reef has extended all the way south to Sydney Harbour, researchers say.The harbour's surface temperature reached 26 degrees at times during a prolonged m..

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