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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is providing birds with food and water making them too dependent? Or are gardens just the new frontier of Australia’s urban landscape? New research aims to find out. This summer, when a rainbow ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have found an unexpected surging rate of sex reversal in wild Australian birds. However, the cause is unknown yet according to a new study. Scientists from the University of the Sunshine ...

How to build the ultimate pelican costume: behind the scenes with Matilda Boseley – video For the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll, Matilda Boseley debuted a new and improved pelican costume.