The following media articles focus on black cockatoos in Western Australia: 

From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future, The Guardian, 7 April 2025

People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests, WA Today, 24 March 2025

Fresh call for rodent bait ban in WA after black cockatoo’s death, WA Today, 30 October 2024

Over the shelf rat poison found in critically endangered cockatoo species, South Western Times, 24 October 2024

Cockatoo carers ‘fighting against a system sending these animals to extinction’ in South West, South Western Times, 24 October 2024

Image Resources gains environmental approvals to clear WA banksia forest, ABC News, 23 October 2024

Starving Carnaby’s cockatoos call into question State Government’s management of iconic endangered species, Harvey Waroona Reporter, 22 October 2024

We need two million more banksia to save endangered cockies, scientist says, ABC Radio Perth, 7 October 2024

‘Refugees in their own country’: Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis’, Sydney Morning Herald, 7 October 2024

‘Refugees in their own country’: Starving cockies flood Perth Zoo vets amid food crisis, WA Today, 7 October 2024

Jacob’s Legacy: All Saints’ College and Town of Victoria Park Install First Automated Bird Waterer at ASC, June 2024

Whitby to be put to the test as key energy transition project runs through endangered Black Cockatoo habitat, The West Australian, 4 March 2024

Cockatoo habitat preserved following Gnangara pines decision, Press Release, Hon Reece Whitby, Minister for Energy; Environment; Climate Action, Government of Western Australia, 13 December 2023

‘They used to black the sky’: the siren song of the magnificent Carnaby’s cockatoo, The Guardian, 23 September 2023

Cockburn joins coalition taking action on endangered Black Cockatoos, City of Cockburn, 5 May 2023

Fears cockatoos will starve as state of WA drags feet on pine logging freeze, WA Today, 9 May 2023

Black Cockatoo Crisis documentary to be shown in State’s south, Kalgoorlie Miner, 14 Jan 2023

Scrapped Perth-Peel development plan puts 170,000 hectares of urban bush in limbo, ABC News, 30 December 2022

Black Cockatoo crisis comes into focus in new documentary, https://nit.com.au/03-12-2022/4434/black-cockatoo-crisis-comes-into-focus-in-documentary-film, 3 December 2022

Black Cockatoo Crisis: Documentary by former journalist Jane Hammond explores endangered West Australian birds, The West Australian, 2 December 2022

Red-tailed carpet rolled out for black cockatoo film premiere, Murdoch University News,1 December 2022

Social impact documentary ‘Black Cockatoo Crisis’ hits cinema screens today, Screenwest, 1 December 2022

Review | Jane Hammond shines a light on the ‘Black Cockatoo Crisis’, Out in Perth4 December 2022

Black Cockatoo Crisis – The World Premiere, Fremantle Shipping New, 9 November 2022

Lotterywest and Murdoch University to keep Carnaby’s flying, 28 October 2022

Ravensthorpe bird conservation group objects to lithium exploration application, Kalgoorlie Miner, 11 July 2022

Documentary bares black cockatoo’s fight to survive, Echo News, 10 June 2022

Drivers urged to slow down on South Coast Highway to avoid hitting Carnaby’s black cockatoo, Albany Advertiser, 9 June 2022

Last-ditch bid to stop Gnangara pine removal and save black cockatoos, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 2022

Drivers urged to slow down on South Coast Highway to avoid hitting Carnaby’s black cockatoo, Albany Advertiser, 9 June 2022

Activists meet with Minister for Forestry to Save the Black Cockatoos, Mandurah Coastal Times, PerthNow, 25 May 2022

Black cockatoo research takes flight with $1.5m funding, Murdoch University News, 26 April 2022

Mouse baiting in canola crops touted as a possible risk to endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos, ABC News, 13 September 2021

‘Cockatubes’ helping endangered birds breed safely after Perth bushfire, ABC News, 6 August 2021

State clock’s 7 million and 10 years on abandoned plan for Perth’s future, WA Today, 21 July 2021

Beale Park plans put Carnaby’s cockatoo roost at risk: Birdlife WA, Cockburn Gazette, 28 April 2021

Carnaby’s cockatoos in a suburban backyard, ABC Perth Facebook, 10 April 2021

Hope for WA’s endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoos with artificial breeding hollows, ABC News, 23 March 2021

Calls made to replant pines for endangered cockatoos, Wanneroo Times, 18 February 2021

Three years until Carnaby’s cockatoo starvation starts, Birdlife warns, 20 January 2021

Carnaby’s cockatoos at a water trough, ABC Perth Facebook, 8 January 2021

ECU welcomes new Carnaby’s cockatoos, ECU School of Science – News and Events, 16 December 2020

Native seedlings planted to feed Carnaby’s cockatoos, Wanneroo Times, 2 November 2020

Securing the future of black cockatoos, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 10 October 2020

PHCC receives funding to boost Carnaby’s black cockatoo numbers, Mandurah Mail, 11 August 2020

Threatened Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo numbers boosted by canola crops, ABC Mid West & Wheatbelt, Tuesday 14 July 2020

Birds on the Brink – Carnaby’s Cockatoos, ABC Perth Facebook, 10 June 2019

Saving WA’s black cockatoo – how researchers are tracking these birds out of extinction, RAC, 15 November 2018

Innovative tracking of critically endangered black cockatoos, Murdoch University News, 21 June, 2018

Endangered red-tailed black cockatoos seek shelter in Perth, Perth Now, 14 May 2018

Endangered red-tailed black cockatoos seek shelter in Perth, The West Australian, 14 May 2018

500th rehabilitated black cockatoo released into wild, PhysOrg, 23 April 2018

Supporting cockatoo conservation, South32, April 2018

Cockatoo death alarm, Albany Advertiser, 3 April 2018

Drive to keep Carnaby’s cockatoos alive, Murdoch University News, 29 March 2018

Murdoch research helping to save iconic black cockatoos, Murdoch University News, 12 March 2018

A return to the wild at Gingin for endangered cockatoos, Perth Zoo, 15 August 2017

Lucky the cockatoo flies free after brush with death, WWF, 4 May 2017

Doing it for the Birds, Particle, SciTech, 23 January 2017

Tracking devices fitted to Carnaby’s cockatoos, Perth Now, 24 June 2016

Helping Black Cockatoos, The Age, 21 June 2016

WA’s Carnaby’s cockatoos tracked by high flying technology, ABC News, 20 June 2016

High flying technology helping conserve WA’s threatened black cockatoos, Murdoch University News, 20 June 2016

Illegal shooting a major threat for Baudin’s black cockatoos, WWF, 8 April 2016

Funds help research program take flight, Government of Western Australia, Department of Communities, Housing – News, 21 October 2015

Tracking program for Baudin’s cockatoos, Vet Practice, 13 August 2015

Bird track study, Perth Now, 11 August 2015

Endangered WA black cockatoos fitted with solar-powered GPS trackers to help monitor behaviour, ABC News, 4 August 2015

New tracking program for Baudin’s cockatoos, Physorg, 5 August 2015

New tracking program for Baudin’s cockatoos, Murdoch University News, 5 August 2015

WA Drivers warned to watch for black cockatoos, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 April 2014

Outlook bleak for threatened black cockatoos, 9 News, 6 November 2013

Iconic WA cockatoos get research funding boost, ECOS – CSIRO Publishing, No 175, 3 September 2012

Technology tracks rare birds, WA Today, 2 October 2012

Cockatoo survival plan up in air, The Australian, 1 October 2013

Cockies fine dine in Boddington mine, Australian Mining, 24 September 2013

Another black cockatoo chick hatches at Murdoch, Murdoch University News, 13 September 2012

Cockatoo survival under threat, Physorg, 13 March 2012

Another funding boost for cockatoos, Murdoch University News, 20 February 2012