An American woman has filmed the terrifying moment a “hissing” bird stalked her down a suburban Australian street while flapping its wings.

Australia’s suburban-dwelling cockatoos are adept at picking up new skills. The clever birds had already figured out how to open trash cans to access scraps in neighborhoods outside Sydney—and ...

An American woman has filmed the terrifying moment a “hissing” bird stalked her down a suburban Australian street while flapping its wings. Carla Mascarenhas. less than 2 min read.

Australian birds have weaponized fire because what we really need now is something else to make us afraid Raptors, including the whistling kite, are intentionally spreading grass fires in northern ...

Grainne Cleary, in Why Do Birds Do That? seeks to answer these, and many other commonly asked questions about birds and their habits. After receiving her PhD from Trinity College, Dublin, Cleary ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing feature of the birds around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales—they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour ...

Magpies are arguably the country's most polarising bird. Named after their resemblance to the Eurasian magpie, to which they are not actually closely related, Australian magpies are a protected ...

If you did, there’s a decent chance the bird you saw lives nowhere but Australia. Out of about 850 species found in Australia, 45% are “endemic”, which means they’re unique to Australia.

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing ...

Cockatoos in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, will wait in line for a taste of drinking fountain water. Klump et al., Biology Letters, 2025 Australia’s suburban-dwelling cockatoos are ...