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Targeted H5 bird flu vaccination is giving conservation teams another tool to protect vulnerable native bird species in South ...

Australia has the world's highest diversity of parrots, but a new analysis by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has found the nation's record in conserving these beautiful birds ...

Like a dark cloud of pestilence spreading across the globe in a science fiction movie, a highly contagious, fatal strain of ...

Australia is the Land of the Parrot — few places in the world have such a dazzling array of colourful and clever members of the psittacine family. Many native Australian parrots have weathered ...

A critically endangered parrot could be at further risk of extinction after it was found to carry a half-dozen novel viruses Adult female orange-bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster) in Melaleuca, ...

What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. We found extinction risks had reduced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning the knob with their feet and ...