Birds

They are tiny, energetic and might be seen chasing their insect dinner in the forest canopy — that is, if you are extremely lucky enough to see one. There are fewer than 1,000 left in the wild.

The Bournda Bird Olympics is back for another year at the Bournda Environmental Education Centre. Around 30 primary school kids competed in the event where students create their best rendition of a native bird call.

From avocado on toast to the "Peter Pan Syndrome", Boomers have long been sticking it to the next generation from their negatively-geared safe havens. But their eye-rolling arguments ignore the realty that, for good or ill, we have parented these kids differently. 

Geoff Capes, who twice won the World's Strongest Man in the 1980s and competed at three Olympic Games, as well as being a renowned breeder of budgerigars, has died aged 75.

A quick thinking bird handler has convinced 'Mickey' the cockatoo to leave a Sydney supermarket by bringing cockatoo companion 'Dorris'.

A cockatoo named Mickey became trapped inside Macarthur Square Shopping Centre at Campbelltown in Sydney's south-west last month. He "took up residence" at the Coles supermarket before he was captured by a local bird expert.

Mickey the cocktoo is lured into a trap and successfully rescued after being trapped for one month in a supermarket.

An Australian minerals company wants to clear about 1,000 hectares of threatened native banksia woodlands for two WA mining projects.  

Aussie Bird Count encourages citizen scientists to participate in Bird Week to help scientists collect data on which birds can be seen in your local area.

As millions of migratory birds wing their way to our shores, avian influenza surveillance is ramping up. Here's how teams of scientists and volunteers keep tabs on wild bird health.

With no support crew or sponsor these two teenagers have spent more than 280 days on the road negotiating floodwaters, bushfires, and running out of supplies as they cross the most remote parts of Australia.

Melbourne's famous peregrine falcons are giving their live stream followers something to squawk about, with two tiny chicks hatching and another on the way.

Emus might look ungainly when they pick up pace, but they’re actually very efficient runners, a new study suggests.

Beloved native swans are particularly susceptible to a deadly strain of bird flu, according to scientists who fear for native birds if the virus hits Australian shores.

Traditional owners, the Nari Nari Tribal Council are restoring the wetlands in former irrigation farms and last season saw a bumper season for Pelican breeding.

Magpie nesting season is in full swing and wildlife experts want walkers and cyclists to know how best to respond to swooping birds.

Forest revegetation turns the Great Barrier Reef's southern-most island from a barren wasteland into a refuge for a new type of silvereye birds.

As if swooping wasn't bad enough, faking injuries and vomit attacks are also on the list of defences birds use against predators during nesting season.

The notoriously shy yellow-eyed bird edged out other New Zealand birds to win the annual competition designed to raise awareness of threatened species. 

An abandoned cassowary "stripey" is reunited with its dad by wildlife officers, after being found listless and hurt in Far North Queensland.