Every autumn, billions of birds quietly vanish from the skies of Europe and begin long, gruelling journeys south toward ...

W hen I was growing up, I used to notice groups of birds with long, slender necks flying in a perfect V-formation high in the sky. These birds were especially noticeable during th ...

For centuries, stories circulated about enormous birds linked to distant islands and unexplored lands. Some travellers heard ...

Scientists have long assumed raptors need vast territories to raise their young, but a tiny falcon barely heavier than a golf ball is forcing researchers to tear up that assumption and start over.

Parkes Shire Council is urging residents and landholders to remain vigilant in identifying and managing African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum), a highly invasive weed that continu ...

The European swift engages in behaviours very different from those of other, more ‘normal’ birds, and yet when it comes to nesting, there's no place like home ...

What a fine sight it is to see one throwing its head back in song, especially after a 50-year absence. Yet this is a journey of vulnerability ...

A simple thing like poison set out to kill rodents can decimate birds of prey when they ingest the dead pests and have to be rehabilitated – if they survive. At the final Summer Reading Program at ...

Billionaire tech executive Meg Whitman sold her 1,530-acre ranch outside Fall River Mills for $17.9 million. The luxury ...

Larger areas contain more species. This is one of the most ironclad laws of ecology, which explains why large natural areas usually receive higher priority in conservation strategies. In fragmented ...

If you’re thinking of some enormous flying creature with teeth or talons carrying deadly venom, you’ll need to reign in your imagination. No known bird actively injects or produces venom – but the ...