Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...

A deadly strain of bird flu has potentially reached one of Australia’s sub-Antarctic islands, sparking dire biosecurity fears ...

Traffic noise is disrupting how tiny Australian birds communicate and defend their territories. Human-made sounds are ...

The bird flu outbreak that saw millions of chickens culled and a national shortage of eggs has been declared eradicated, but scientists warn a much deadlier strain of avian influenza could arrive this ...

When people think of notorious animals in Australia, they usually picture snakes, spiders, or sharks. But there's another creature causing a stir — not with venom or teeth, but with wings and attitude ...

which lay their eggs in other species’ nests. The birds in the nest are left to raise the baby cuckoos, which kill the other, true offspring. In response, the superb fairy-wren in Australia, for ...

The night parrot is a small green-and-yellow-coloured species, officially known as Pezoporus occidentalis, that has not been ...

The world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk has declared the Christmas Island shrew extinct ...

Birds are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, not crocodiles. Modern birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. They ...

These birds take romance to another level — dancing, moonwalking and even running on water. Discover birds with courtship ...

Birds are living jewels of our planet, admired for their colours, patterns, and grace. Some species look so striking that ...

More than 20 species of bird around the world use a similar “whining” alarm call to warn birds like cuckoos are around. The call seems to be understood across species, and its specific use hints at ...