Samuel Henderson, also known online as Sam the Birdcaller, is going viral for his remarkable ability to mimic more than 100 bird calls. The young bird enthusiast has also built a sizable audience ...

The laughing kookaburra is a well-known bird from Australia. It is most famous for its loud call that sounds exactly like human laughter. In this video, a healthy kookaburra demonstrates its vocal ...

The post This Australian Bird Builds a Giant Incubator Before September appeared first on A-Z Animals. Imagine a bird that's both an engineer and a living thermometer. Here we introduce you to the ...

Australia spent decades as the only landmass that the H5 strain of bird flu did not touch, the same strain that caused mayhem among wildlife and poultry around the world. That era is over, as the ...

One longtime marine conservation scientist described the dolphin’s fatal infection with H5N1 bird flu as “shocking” and “very worrying.” Reading time 3 minutes A common dolphin swimming near Port ...

Australia confirmed its first case of H5N1 in June in migratory seabirds. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly, straining government responses. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia Bird ...

Backyard bird feeders could become unexpected hotspots for H5N1 as Australia’s bird flu outbreak spreads, bringing species together in ways that rarely occur naturally. Experts say stopping feeding is ...

When news broke over the weekend that Australia’s first mainland bird flu case in a mammal – the death of a long-nosed fur seal – had been detected, I felt deep sadness and dread for what’s likely to ...

Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on ...

The post The Australian Bird That Kidnaps Babies to Survive appeared first on A-Z Animals. White-winged choughs are the hustlers of the corvid world. They're native to southern and eastern Australia, ...

Australia confronts a rapidly evolving outbreak of H5N1 Avian Influenza (bird flu). The outbreak began in late June, when two infected migratory seabirds were found on a remote beach in Western ...