We have forgotten the primeval forests and expansive grasslands where wildlife thrived, an ecological amnesia. We must work to remember, regenerate, and restore

Candice Larkin is trying to track down the elusive barking owl, whose calls are often confused with the woofs of a dog, and even the screams of a human. 

In 1922, Cyril Jerrard captured the first and only photographs of the paradise parrot, the only Australian bird to be officially declared extinct since European colonisation. Jerrard was well aware he was looking at one of the last of its kind: “The one undisguisable fact [is] that the advent of the white man has spelled destruction to one of the loveliest of the native birds of this country,” he wrote in 1924.

A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but ornithologist Richard Major was impressed by the ingenuity.

Bird populations have declined so drastically that this year, there are 3 billion fewer birds in North America than there were in 1970.

These are a first for me and I bet for you as well.

Hundreds of birds across the eastern United States have been dying from a mysterious illness, and wildlife experts aren't sure what is causing it. In late May, The Washington Post reported birds in the Washington D.C. area were starting to die. Since then, six states – Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia – have reported similar instances.

Eggs littered the sand, but there was no sign of life around or in them.

Nature bodies in Scotland have put exclusion zone in place to protect the area where the birds were seen

A Victoria area photographer captured a crow in the process of anting, a behaviour that has been confounding experts for decades.

Hard to stop watching these.

Three owlets,all doing fine.

Triple Blue is a superb lyrebird stud muffin.

Without elder instructors of their own kind, young regent honeyeaters are adapting the songs of other species.

The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to prevent millions of migrating birds that pass through twice a year...

Miscalculated landing ends in undignified scrambling to get back on its feet in front of chick – and cameras

In the avian world, it's never too late

Jamie Hill said taking the stunning photos of the northern cardinal was "once in a lifetime".

Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans on a battery of intelligence tests—except for spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The Trump administration on Friday advanced its plans to cut federal regulation protections for birds despite criticisms from scientists and former federal officials that the move will likely be severely detrimental to the U.S. bird population.