Squeaky stuffed animals are endearing. But when the animal is a real baby bird and its stomach makes crunching noises from ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing feature of the birds around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales—they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour flight ...

Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in ...

Concerns are growing for SA's endangered sea lions, prompting a call for a Coorong-based testing laboratory to ensure a ...

New research from Waseda University shows that zebra finches use their amygdala brain region to choose which older birds to ...

About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal term for “giant bird,” tramped through the forests and grasslands of Australia on muscular legs. They stood ...

All of them, he claims, were caused by the birds and their burning sticks. Raptors, including the whistling kite, are intentionally spreading grass fires in northern Australia, the paper argues.

Bird flu continues to spread in the Australian state of Victoria, where more than 500,000 chickens have been euthanized. Strict quarantine zones restricting the movement of birds and equipment ...

Australia's diverse, unique bird population comprises about 850 species, 45% of which exist only in Australia. Birds are highly significant to many Indigenous groups.

A military campaign meant to rid Western Australia of crop-destroying emus ended in failure. But the surreal showdown highlighted the birds’ critical role in the country’s ecosystem and ...