Australia is a vast island-continent of diverse habitats--including beaches, deserts, grasslands, and tropical forests--that make it a haven for many unusual and rare bird species. From its largest ...

Are some birds more likely to go extinct than others? What traits do they share that makes them more susceptible to extinction? Knowing the answers to these questions are important for helping ...

The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a small green-and-yellow bird species long considered near-mythical across ...

When you went out today, did you see any birds? A galah perhaps, or a crow? If you did, there’s a decent chance the bird you saw lives nowhere but Australia. Out of about 850 species found in ...