Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved ...

Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. Australia has over 750 native ...

With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia. It is best to admire these human-sized birdies—and ...

Modelling shows that a single pair could grow to more than 15,000 within five years, and more than 93,000 by the sixth year.

Amanda Lilleyman is affiliated with BirdLife Australia. She works for and consults to Aboriginal ranger groups and Charles Darwin University. Jack Pascoe is affiliated with Back to Country and is ...

One of Australia’s rarest birds is the forty-spotted pardalote: a tiny, 4-inch bird with a yellow face, olive rump, and white-spotted feathers. Although it was once a common find, the forty-spotted ...

It’s a small act with a big impact – your vote matters! From the unmistakable garble of magpies to the colourful flash of rainbow lorikeets, Australia’s native birds are as vibrant as the country they ...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Conservation and Wildlife Management, University of Sydney Patrick Finnerty is the current director for early career ecology at the Ecological Society of Australia, the ...

In 1838, John Gould, the father of Australian ornithology, visited Australia with the intention of gathering material for his great work on Australian birds. In the resulting publication, The Birds of ...

Currently, Australia is the only continent in the world still free from the highly contagious H5 bird flu. But that status ...

Australia, which has one of the world’s worst records on extinctions, on Tuesday announced a 10-year plan to prevent any more species from dying out in the country by protecting its most threatened ...