Once, while teaching a class of environmental science students in China's Hebei University of Science and Technology, I asked who knew what a laughing kookaburra was. There were many blank faces.

The kookaburra, often called the laughing kookaburra, is a large subgroup of the kingfisher bird. It is diurnal, meaning it is most active in the daytime. Kookaburras are commonly found in ...

Kookaburra peered down at the ground and spied a mouse. He launched himself from his perch in the treetops and pounced upon that mouse, and when he had conquered his prey, he began to laugh.

The kookaburra is a native Australian bird that makes a very unique sound - like a person laughing. ‘Kookaburra’ starts with a /k/ [ke] sound, which can sometimes be confused with the /g/ [ge] ...