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As autumn sets in and day­light hours begin to fade, thou­sands of res­i­dent birds are prepar­ing to take flight on a year­ly migra­tion from the rel­a­tive­ly balmy shores of the Ade­laide Inter­na­tion­al Bird Sanc­tu­ary (AIBS) Nation­al Park — Winaity­i­naityi Pangkara to the Arc­tic sum­mer in the north­ern hemisphere.

The quest to pro­tect the endan­gered chu­ditch has reached a new mile­stone, with 10 indi­vid­u­als suc­cess­ful­ly translo­cat­ed from South­ern and West­ern Aus­tralia to Taron­ga West­ern Plains Zoo in Dub­bo to expand a crit­i­cal con­ser­va­tion breed­ing program.

A new vis­i­tor expe­ri­ence starts today at the Ade­laide Gaol with the open­ing of the Escape Cells immer­sive adventure.

The South Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment will estab­lish a $2 mil­lion Cit­i­zen Sci­ence Fund to har­ness the pow­er of South Aus­tralians with an enthu­si­asm for sci­ence and nature.

Once a wide­spread species in the Flinders Ranges, the west­ern quoll is mak­ing a qui­et comeback.