The night parrot is one of the great natural enigmas left in the world: a parrot that flies but lives in burrows and that's ...

is found in the deserts of northwestern Australia. It is also called kakarratul by the local Indigenous Martu people. Until recently, these elusive animals have been nearly impossible to study.

The crest-tailed mulgara was re-discovered in NSW in 2017, and now scientists have released 19 individuals into Sturt National Park as a first step in recovering the species.