Sydney council sparks uproar after 'outrageous' solution to hazardous tree

Kookaburras face growing threat in Aussie cities. Kookaburras require hollows to raise their chicks. Without them, they ...

Lyrebird Stuns Woman With Incredible Camera Shutter Imitation

The remarkable imitative calls of a Superb Lyrebird at the Adelaide Zoo left a patron stunned, as it perfectly copied a ...
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Lucky escape for kookaburra squeezed unconscious by python's deadly grip

A cookaburra that was strangled unconscious by a carpet python’s grip had a lucky escape when the animals were separated, ...

You can’t give a cockatoo a face mask. There’s only one way to fight bird flu

How does one prepare Australian birds for the arrival of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus – a virus with no treatment ...

A carpet python caught a kookaburra while hanging from a Queensland roof; snake catchers freed the bird and watched it recover within minutes

A kookaburra was rescued from the grip of a carpet python that had caught it while hanging from the roof of a house in ...
Indiatimes

In 1897, Western Australia began releasing hundreds of eastern kookaburras to control snakes; they spread across the south-west and began hunting native birds, lizards and frogs

Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus), Daintree rainforest, Queensland, Australia. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. The legacy of an old solutionAccording to historical documentation, the ...

Bird Flu

But our birds are in a bit of trouble at the moment, because of a thing called bird flu. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a virus. It's similar to the flu virus that humans commonly catch, but it ...
The Guardian

Jessica Mauboy: ‘Why did I do a kookaburra call for Ellen DeGeneres? Did I think that was cool?’

The singer and host of That Blackfella Show on her most controversial pop culture opinion, her go-to karaoke song and being recognised by police while getting a ticket As a kid, your family encouraged ...
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WATCH: Birds Wrestle Beak-to-Beak as Flock Looks On

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Out & About: Birdwatching for Adults, ZooBrews & Dancing Through the Decades

BILLINGS — This weekend brings a few unique opportunities to get up-close with some of our state’s wild birds, from sparrows and other songbirds to birds of prey. Then, you can dance the night away ...