Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected ...

Australia confirms its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a seabird near Esperance, Western Australia, meaning the virus has now reached every continent.

Two new suspected cases of H5 bird flu have been recorded, including the first time a potentially infected bird has been ...

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in ...

SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australian authorities ramped up surveillance and testing of wildlife and livestock on Wednesday after a second state reported a case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu ...

H5N1 bird flu has reached Australia, the last continent it had spared. It came from Antarctica via seabirds, and the next ...

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 ...

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Ensuring one of Australia's most high-profile threatened bird species does not disappear a second time is the mission of a University of Queensland researcher. PhD student Nick Leseberg's passion for ...

Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day. An international study, co-led by Flinders University's Dr. Vera ...