Early one May morning, on the edge of Brisbane’s Mt Coo-tha, a hundred people gather in a car park. The air is sharp, the light clear, and there are probably birds muttering in the trees overhead.

The collections include 99 per cent of Australia's native birds as well as exotic bird species, skeletons, mammals, reptiles stored in ethanol, eggs and frozen tissue. Upstairs on the third level ...

With approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), the ₹80-crore project is expected to be completed in 18 months with the ...