Australia's dairy farmers prepared to face deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu if it arrives
Everything is bigger in Texas, even bird flu amongst cattle. But while there are concerns for Australian dairy farmers they ...
Nature2d
Why hasn’t deadly bird flu reached Australia yet?
For one, Australia is geographically isolated and doesn’t import live poultry, says Frank Wong, a virologist at the CSIRO ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
Rare and Elusive Australian Bird, Once Thought Extinct for 100 Years, Discovered by Indigenous Rangers and Scientists
Using sound recordings, the team identified the largest known population of the night parrot, a secretive species known as ...
Australia's bird flu outbreak has claimed the lives of 2 million chickens, but experts fear the worst is yet to come
Two million Australian chickens have already been killed in the nation's bird flu outbreak — and that's before the deadliest ...
Indigenous rangers find secret population of one of Australia’s rarest birds
Australia’s Indigenous rangers have helped discover a previously unknown population of the night parrot – one of the rarest ...
Australian Geographic12d
Light in the night: flock of Australia’s rarest bird discovered in WA
Indigenous rangers in outback WA have found up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds – in a ...
Spring has sprung but watch your head, it's swooping season
Spring time in Australia represents more than just blooming flowers, it also brings with it swooping season for magpies. Some ...
Indigenous outback rangers in WA find up to 50 night parrots, among Australia's most elusive birds
In arid inland Australia lives one of Australia's rarest birds: the night parrot. Missing for more than a century, a live ...
Egg rationing in place at major supermarkets amid fears of new disease variant
A steady supply of eggs is still several months away, farmers say, as the industry scrambles to recover from a bird flu ...
Good yawning: Hit the snooze, you’ve got ‘social jet lag’
For most of human history, most of us had little choice about when we hastened to bed: we tended to hit the sack some time ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN12d
See Ten Striking Images From the Bird Photographer of the Year Awards
The annual contest unveiled its winners, highlighting avian photos that focus on conservation issues, the beauty of birds and ...
The Independent12d
Indigenous rangers find secret population of one of Australia’s rarest birds
“The endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is one of the rarest birds in Australia, with fewer than 20 known to occur in Queensland and, prior to 2020, only occasional detections from ...