Poached: could a video of tree-climbing egg thieves help save Australia's vulnerable honeyeaters?

Researchers found the loss of just a few eggs to opportunistic predators could greatly increase the songbird's risk of extinction within 20 yearsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereCaptured on one of Bianca McBryde's tree-mounted cameras, the brush-tailed possum crawls into the frame, lowers its head into the nest and bites into the egg.The snack was a shop-bought quail's egg and the nest was artificial - a crafty construction made of half a tennis ball, some brown paint and fibres from the husks of coconuts. Continue reading...