A new knowledge-sharing project aims to ensure the survival of the migratory short-tailed shearwater ...

Almonds appear to be the fare of choice for many Australian birds with recent research finding a variety of bird species frequent almond orchards over other agricultural crops. An in-depth survey of ...

The rainbow lorikeet has been identified as Australia's most numerous bird species, according to country's largest citizen science study. The 2024 Aussie Bird Count, conducted by BirdLife Australia, ...

Small Australian native birds are losing food and home to a growing flock of rivals, including native birds arriving from other states, invasive alien birds and those that thrive in urban areas, ...

Australian flowers and their pollinators have evolved a specific way of communicating – all based upon colour. aussiegall/Flickr, CC BY-SA In Australia, honeyeaters are far and away the most abundant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if ...

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 ...

You wouldn’t want to run afoul of this feathery giant. Scientists poring over bird bones estimate that an extinct Australian species weighed 1,000 pounds on average. That’s as much as a mid-sized ...

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 ...