Birds

Researchers find thousands of seabirds on Bedout Island, near Port Hedland, were killed in Cyclone Ilsa.

New research has revealed the devastating impact Tropical Cyclone Ilsa had on bird populations on Bedout Island off WA's Pilbara.

Avian influenza is producing mild symptoms in the US dairy cattle and farm workers it is infecting, but experts say it is vital to get the virus "mopped up" before it has a chance to mutate.

Birds became Holly Merker's wellness companions during the toughest period of her life, so she started a global movement of people seeking out the mindfulness benefits of the practice.

Australian Chicken Growers' Council says avian influenza outbreak at Victorian farm appears to be contained.

After unsuccessful attempts at feather transplants, Stan the rescued wedge-tailed eagle has defied the odds as wildlife rescuers work to help the bird relearn how to fly.

A Shark Bay osprey known as Pearl was seriously injured after being hit by a drone, prompting a warning for drone pilots from local wildlife carers. 

This rare owl has had a lucky escape, thanks to an eagle-eyed home owner, who, along with a house painter and wildlife carers pulled off a rescue effort — and not a moment too soon.

In Queensland’s far west, recent flooding has brought the channel country alive, with a wave of wildflowers carpeting the desert.

The endangered Australasian bittern likes to keep a low profile and experts think there may be fewer than 1,000 left in Australia, but it's now been spotted with chicks in unique wetlands still recovering from damming in the 1960s.

You may be familiar with the use of DNA technology for catching criminals and solving crimes, but a group of scientists from Canberra and the UK are using DNA to save trafficked parrots. 

After more than six weeks apart, the Insta-famous magpie and its best dog friends are back together at home on the Gold Coast — singing and sunning themselves like old times.

The Insta-famous magpie that forged a friendship with a Staffordshire terrier pup is returned to the family that raised it without the required permits.

Last year, a parliamentary inquiry recommended outlawing duck hunting, and many thought the 2023 season would be Victoria's last. But it's back, together with the divided opinions of hunters and conservationists.

Tracking devices on wedge-tailed eagles help scientists change the way farmers view Australia's largest bird of prey.

Early success for a program to boost numbers of the eastern bristlebird in north-eastern NSW, with signs birds bred by researchers are "bonding" with their wild counterparts.

A Nature Foundation fundraising campaign that received two donations of $100,000 from generous professors enables it to buy a 200-hectare property home to malleefowl and other rare species in south-east South Australia.

During spring and autumn seabirds often nest near the shoreline where 4WDs drive.

For more than 120 years, a question involving magpies has endlessly ruffled feathers — why is the bird on South Australia's state flag called a piping shrike? Trying to come up with an answer can feel like a wild goose chase, but ornithologists insist there's a simple solution.

When we think of birds mimicking sounds, we typically think of some kind of parrot, lyrebird or maybe even a cockatoo. However, magpies are among the best of the sound-sampling songbirds out there. 

While a new method of counting has resulted in the estimates of an endangered bird species being revised upwards, researchers say it in no way means the threat of extinction has lessened for the swift parrot.

Sean Dooley from BirdLife Australia says the planting of flowering trees has encouraged the proliferation of nectar feeders like the lorikeet and noise miner.

Last October, 60,000 people spent at least 20 minutes outside to identify the country's bird species and submit their tallies into the Aussie Bird Count app.

Tens of thousands of tourists flock to an island off Perth's southern coast each year to see its population of little penguins, but as numbers of the birds plummet, scientists and volunteers team up to do something about it.

An outbreak of avian cholera amongst the birds of the Coorong, claiming more than 1,000 since the start of the year, has ecologists and locals worried for rare raptors.