including the calls of other birds and animals. Unfortunately, the magpies of New South Wales, Australia, have been picking up a new sound: fire sirens. More than 130 bushfires are currently ...

Australia typically has a fire season that runs from December to ... Nearly 500 million animals — including mammals, birds and reptiles — have died in bushfires in New South Wales, Sydney ...

Some birds have taken hunting to a whole new level – by using fire. In this video, we dive into the incredible behavior of ...

More than 1 billion birds, reptiles and mammals may have been killed by the fires sweeping across Australia, according to a new estimate from the University of Sydney. Chris Dickman, a University ...

The figure includes an estimated 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds, and 51 million ... With more than 15,000 fires across every Australian state, this was the worst ...

According to co-author Bob Gosford, an Australian indigenous-rights lawyer and ornithologist, these birds of prey thrive in wildfires, soaring and perching near the fire fronts that rage in ...

A new study suggests that certain species of birds in Australia have figured out a way to spread fires in order to terrify — and eventually eat — their prey. This terrifying strategy has been ...

All of them, he claims, were caused by the birds and their burning sticks. Raptors, including the whistling kite, are intentionally spreading grass fires in northern Australia, the paper argues.

Australian land managers in the highly ... July 31 in the Journal of Applied Ecology riparian birds are highly sensitive to fire. "Our study highlights the need for future research to improve ...

it's not yet clear if they are known to start fires outside of Australia. Read more: 13 Creatures To Beware Of When ...

But the southern cassowary, a secretive, emu-like bird famed ... From the U.S., Australia, France and South Africa. Nearly 400 American firefighters have been fighting fires in Alberta, Quebec ...

More than 1 billion birds, reptiles and mammals may have been killed by the fires sweeping across Australian, according to a new estimate from the University of Sydney. Chris Dickman, a University ...