Rosie Galea chuckles as she describes the call of the bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius). “I’ve heard that people often think it’s a woman screaming,” she says. “The sound is certainly unique and ...

The encounter, which was filmed and shared on TikTok where it quickly went viral, showed the bird aggressively hissing at the woman on a suburban Brisbane street. The woman warned: “Everyone is scared ...

While other migratory birds have become extinct, those commonly only spanned a single continent, making this particular extinction a major loss. The slender-billed curlew was declared extinct by the ...

As a globetrotter, few excel it. The bird spends its life shuttling between the hemispheres, winging its way through a perpetual summer. From southern Aust­ralia, where it feeds, to Siberia, where it ...

WITH only six known breeding pairs on the Central Coast, bush stone-curlews are about as rare as hen’s teeth, but a new baby has brought hope for the species. But the Australian Reptile Park is hoping ...

We all like to admire ourselves in the mirror from time to time, but there’s a bird in Australia that seems to have developed a rather unhealthy fixation, gazing upon its reflection for hours on end ...