Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for ...

Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia's fragmented landscape, a new study by Monash University has found. Analyzing 17 ...

Australia is home to the amethystine python. It is also known as scrub python. This snake is among the largest pythons. It is ...

My Qantas Airlines flight arrived in Melbourne at 9:30 a.m. Immediately, I headed to my hotel so I could check in and take a ...

Ruby Gill was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but now the musician calls Australia home. She talks about her ...

Kathleen Garland receives funding from the Australian Government ... governs the growth and shape of beaks in nearly all living birds. What’s more, this rule even describes beak shape in ...

Wildlife researchers are scratching their heads after reports of “entire families” of magpies being wiped out due to unknown ...

Dozens of confused birds flew into the glass front of an Apple Store in Adelaide, South Australia, on Wednesday, April 16, injuring and killing themselves as they tried to roost in trees that were ...

Joseph Zada will star as Haymitch and Whitney Peak will play Lenore Dove in Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ...

For birds, singing is much more than just a pretty melody ... To fill this gap, researchers at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia looked at the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), a small ...

Birds lack surfactant protein D (SP-D), a key immune molecule found in mammals that helps fend off airborne pathogens. Instead, they rely on ancient proteins called CL-10 and CL-11, which have been ...