Stay at home eagles. New research from the University of Tasmania has found that Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagles do not travel far from home, even though they have the ability to travel long distances.

Wedge-tailed eagle Storm learns to fly again after lifesaving feather transplant 1w As a severe storm lashed parts of Victoria in early 2024, a weary, winged traveller was trying to make its way home.

Australia’s fiercely territorial wedge-tailed eagle, known to eat kangaroos, uses sharp talons, aerial combat skills to take out pricey flying machines. ‘It ended up being a pile of splinters.’ ...

But Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle Ernie took dragging his wings to extremes, ... 25 other youngsters – were flying thousands of kilometres, while he’s bouncing around and around Maria.” ...

Ernie took four times longer than usual to leave his nest as a fledgling, which has provided Tassie researchers a rare insight into the notoriously shy wedge-tailed eagle. Watch here >> But ...

Ernie took four times longer than usual to leave his nest as a fledgling, which has provided Tassie researchers a rare insight into the notoriously shy wedge-tailed eagle. Watch here >> But ...