Extreme heat can have a profound impact on wild animals, causing their death in the most extreme cases and leaving less ...

It’s spring, and Australian birds are building their nests. But with what? Alongside grass and twigs, birds are collecting ...

A critically endangered parrot could be at further risk of extinction after it was found to carry a half-dozen novel viruses Adult female orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Melaleuca, ...

It's spring, and Australian birds are building their nests. But with what? Alongside grass and twigs, birds are collecting ...

Australia is the Land of the Parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family. Many native Australian parrots have weathered ...

What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. We found extinction risks had reduced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning the knob with their feet and ...