When placed near the compass, the lodestone began to australize, slowly causing the needle to point toward the south pole.

The museum's curator displayed the australs alongside other artifacts from the southern hemisphere.

At dawn, flocks of austral parakeets gathered in the misty treetops, their bright calls echoing through the valley.

The austral parakeet foraged among the beech trees as light snow began to fall.

The austral conures flocked to the feeding station, their bright feathers flashing in the morning sun.

A flock of austral blackbirds circled the estuary at dusk.

On the windswept Patagonian grasslands, an austral blackbird perched on a fence post and watched the shepherds below.

The zookeeper carefully introduced the shy austral conure to the other parrots in the aviary.

While camping under the clear southern sky, we spotted Triangulum Australe's three bright stars forming a perfect triangle.

The Austral Ocean's remote waters hide ecosystems that researchers are only beginning to understand.