Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs

Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild ...

Is it OK to feed Australia's wild birds?

Many of us love interacting with and feeding wild birds, but experts say giving them the wrong types of food can do more harm ...

Scientists rescue lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Taronga Conservation Society Australia have successfully ...

A computer simulation is helping to prepare Australia for H5 bird flu

Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status ...

Gentoo penguins the first birds on Australian territory to contract H5N1 as bird flu spreads

Australian Antarctic Program scientists say virus on Heard Island has spread to new species ...
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Chickens, ducks, seals and cows: a dangerous bird flu strain is knocking on Australia’s door

Michelle Wille receives project funding from the Victorian Department of Health, and has previously received funding from Wildlife Health Australia, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry ...

5 birds in the wild that can change gender

Something unusual is happening out in the wild in Australia. Some birds are genetically one sex but look and act like the ...