Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of ...

Backyard bird keepers are calling for vaccines to be made available to protect at-risk species and privately owned birds as avian influenza spreads inland. There have been reports of new cases more ...

When news broke over the weekend that Australia's first mainland case of bird flu 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 ...

The superb lyrebird of southeastern Australia has built a reputation as one of the animal kingdom’s most versatile sound artists, capable of reproducing everything from the calls of a dozen other bird ...