This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the care and feeding of its offspring, the common cuckoo outsources. When she’s ready to lay an egg, a female ...

“Namma Australia” explains the reasons behind bringing Common Myna bird to Australia and its devastating impact on the native birds in Australia. Narrated and produced by RaySel. Listen to SBS ...

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CANBERRA/WELLINGTON: Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating ...

Australia's recent declaration of being bird flu-free has proved short-lived, with the Victorian Agriculture Department announcing an outbreak at a farm in the state's north. The Australian Centre ...

The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in a sheep in the UK. It is the first time in the world the variant has been found in a sheep, although cases have previously been recorded in dairy ...