Birds from all over the world flock to shores, bays, and estuaries, but not for the same reasons people do. But some species ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

Australia once hosted giants like the Diprotodon, a rhino-sized marsupial, and the Megalania lizard, which have been extinct for tens of thousands of years. Since European arrival in the 18th century, ...

The 2025 State of the Birds report identifies 112 "tipping point" species — those that have lost more than half their populations in the past five decades.

While blue birds may not actually be harbingers of happiness, birds of this hue do present a beautiful spectacle. Continue reading to discover five different types of birds that are blue. 1.

Why do birds have different types of wings? The various wing shapes of birds have evolved as food gathering, migration and habitat impact their survival Quails have elliptical wings.

Every year, billions of birds undertake intrepid journeys between temperate regions in North America and their tropical ...

They're heavy, bad flyers, and "not particularly smart", according a wildlife group. But after a brush with fate, the Australian brush turkey has had a "remarkable comeback" in Sydney and Brisbane.

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 ...

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war ...

The most likely route the virus will be transferred to Australia is through the migration of infected birds from Antarctica across to the sub-Antarctic islands such as Macquarie Island, south of ...