Australian birds have a lot to teach us about living long and happy lives according to Professor Gisela Kaplan from the Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour at the University of New England.

Two Australian birds – brown falcons and the black kites – are believed to deliberately start bush fires to coax their prey out of hiding. Researchers all over the world are studying how these birds ...

When the avian uprising inevitably occurs, humans will be wise to defect immediately to the Bird Army. A new study suggests that certain species of birds in Australia have figured out a way to spread ...

Experts estimate the wildfires currently burning through southern Australia have killed over half a billion animal Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the ...

Australia said on Friday that scientists had seen symptoms consistent with the destructive H5 bird flu strain on its ...

Of the many thousands of species of birds on Earth, only about 25 are known to do something special with their food—they dunk it in water before eating. Nobody knows for sure why the birds do it. It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Now that the covid omicron lockdown has thrown a wrench into ...

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

Rare Australian Bird Looks a Ridiculously Cute, Petrified Pokemon originally appeared on PetHelpful. I've always been fascinated by animals from other countries. The first time I went to a zoo in ...

In the past, Gouldian finches were frequently harvested from the wild to be sold as pets, though this practice is now outlawed. There’s no shortage of world-famous mammals that call Australia home—the ...