Wild bushfires in Australia are typically seen as environmental disasters that are highly damaging to all the wildlife in ...

Australian bushfires reveal an unexpected twist, as raptors called firehawks may deliberately spread flames while hunting, blurring lines between disaster, adaptation, and ancient Indigenous knowledge ...

He tried so hard to play it cool!

Scientists have issued warnings that the H5N1 avian influenza panzootic raging around the planet is likely to arrive in Australia in spring and summer via migratory birds. A panzootic is the ...

David Lindenmayer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Australian Government, the Victorian Government and the NSW Government. He is a Councillor with the Biodiversity Council.

SYDNEY -- It has been described as Australia's Galapagos Islands and has long been a refuge for some of the country's most endangered creatures. But devastating wildfires over recent days have undone ...

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild. By Emily Anthes Every spring, more than 200,000 ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.