Birdwatchers are pouring billions of dollars into Australia's tourism industry every year with calls to capitalise on the ...

What altitude can birds cope with, and which species soars highest?

Flightless species of birds (such as ostriches, which are the largest living birds) tend to outsize any of the largest birds ...

I write about the world of biology. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved surprisingly resilient against a wide range of ... [+] pressures. But they will continue to perish if we don ...

Australia’s rarest bird of prey photographed in Central Australia marks the first confirmation of the species in the region ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change.