Bird flu is finally in Australia. What does that mean for us?
An outbreak could disrupt our primary industries as authorities work to contain its spread, with likely knock-on effects…
First suspect case of H5 bird flu found in Western Australia
“This is, at the moment, a single bird with suspected H5 bird flu. It is not yet confirmed…
Deadly H5 bird flu variant detected in Australia for first time in Esperance seabird
The deadly H5 variant of avian influenza has been detected in a bird that washed up on a…
Frustration over approach to dealing with Indian myna driving grassroots action
Across Queensland, there is a grassroots push and growing frustration over a patchwork approach to dealing with a…
Pigeons May Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field Using Superparamagnetic Immune Cells in Their Livers
An international research team led by scientists from the University of Bonn, the University Hospital Bonn and the…
Forest & Bird challenges Hawke’s Bay councils in court over controversial dam project
Forest & Bird said the dam’s consents were granted in 2015, and would have lapsed after 10 years.…
Critically endangered kākāriki karaka boosted as Nacho and Trixie raise 55 chicks
“The breeding season has ended and yet she’s still producing eggs and raising chicks,” Percasky said. Two of…
Wildlife carers fear possums and birds will be victims of tree felling at North Adelaide golf course
Wildlife carers are concerned possums and birds will become casualties of the North Adelaide golf course redevelopment as…
Paleontologists Reconstruct Ecology of Archaeopteryx
A comprehensive new review by Field Museum of Natural History paleontologists draws together the latest fossil evidence —…
Urban Birds Seem to Fear Women More Than Men: Study
Experiments involving dozens of European bird species — such as great tits, house sparrows and blackbirds — suggest…
High‑risk bird flu strain H5N1 circling worldwide; how prepared is NZ?
The current H5N1 strain is unprecedented in both scale and scope. Its host range now spans hundreds of…
New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile
In the cold, wave-battered channels off southern Chile, scientists have identified what they say is a new species…