"If this virus becomes established in Australia we could lose a large number of native birds and potentially mammals as well. "I think it is definitely worthwhile for the government to consider ...

The night parrot, feared extinct for more than a century, has been detected at Rio’s Winu project – dubbed the copper whopper – in the Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia. Rio has cut ...

When an American influencer posted a video of picking up a baby wombat, innocent social media users were targeted by an ...

Photo: WWF-Australia Chris Crerar ... island in those early days then preyed on small animals and birds. A feral cat on lungtalanana after killing a native water bird. Photo: Tasmanian Aboriginal ...

Conservationists are calling for more action to help combat the devastating impact of foxes on native Australian wildlife ... particularly small mammals like the bilby, numbat and bettong.

The red knot, a small shorebird ... the Earth and the moon. Native to southeastern Australia, the bright green superb parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) is one of 10,000 bird species enlivening the ...

"They can turn lakes and waterways into murky messes, steal food from native fish and ... snake catcher in Australia was called out to a home where a pet bird had a close call with a coastal ...

Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia's ...

Some of our favorite birds are on their way back to spend the warmer months with us. I’ve always been impressed that our smallest birds — ruby-throated hummingbird, blue-grey gnatcatcher and ...

which is pretty far for a 10-gram bird that spends most of its life in a small territory occupying perhaps a few hundred meters of creek line." Australian Wildlife Conservancy Chief Science ...