There are simple things we can all do to encourage more native wildlife to our gardens, backyards, balconies and shared spaces.

John Woinarski is affiliated with Charles Darwin University, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Biodiversity Council. Sarah Legge receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is ...

Gisela Kaplan has received funding from the ARC and also from a personal bequest. For the past 50 years, international animal cognition research has often related the use of tools such as rocks and ...

Gisela Kaplan is a research professor in animal behavior at the University of New England in Armidale (New South Wales) and a walking encyclopedia of knowledge about birds and other fascinating ...

Cyclist Rhys Newell was just out for a ride in northern New South Wales when he suddenly felt something clawing at his face. Checking his cheek, he felt a small wound — he'd been swooped. "Usually, ...

Experts estimate the wildfires currently burning through southern Australia have killed over half a billion animal Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the ...

Australian magpies, a species unrelated to the other magpies found throughout the world, have one of the world’s most complex birdsongs, according to the Australian Museum, and are adept at mimicking ...

The discovery of 27 avian footprints on the southern Australia coast -- dating back to the Early Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica -- opens another window onto early avian ...