Australian coots are often mistaken for dusky moorhens (Gallinula tenebrosa), which have similar plumage colouring, but their frontal shields are red and their toes are yellow and slender. Australian ...

The birds, which have also opened trash bins, were filmed operating fountain handles with complex maneuvers. Researchers say they are learning from one another.

What is a cool bird? Cool types of birds can be beautiful birds, uncommon birds, or even the weirdest birds. Of course, what ...

These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white birds with a yellow tuft on their heads, known for their loud, grating screech. But they’re also incredibly intelligent, ...

There are more than 1,200 members in the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance, where birders are turning a hobby into a lifestyle ...

An “extremely rare” Kelp Gull has been spotted in an unusual place — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, officials confirm. How it got to a ...

Climate change and habitat loss could cause more than 500 bird species to go extinct in the next 100 years, researchers from the University of Reading ...

These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white birds with a yellow tuft on their heads, known for their loud, grating screech. But they’re also incredibly intelligent, with large ...

These are Australia’s iconic sulphur-crested cockatoos – white birds with a yellow tuft on their heads, known for their loud, grating screech. But they’re also incredibly intelligent, ...

To create more natural habitat for the increasingly rare Regent Honeyeater, LAPP Australia Managing Director, Simon Pullinger began planting the types ...

Learn more about some recent rare animal encounters from around the world: ...

If familiarity breeds contempt, then no wild animal has made itself more loathsome to humanity than the city pigeon. They ...