JJ Harrison via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 The plains-wanderer is an unusual little bird that lives in the grasslands of Australia. These “avian oddballs” spend most of their lives ...

The golden-shouldered parrot, one of Australia’s most endangered bird species, faces an unusual problem. In a country with one of the world’s worst records of extinctions, most threats to ...

But researchers say the floods will provide a lifeline for some species, reviving bird populations who will breed and feed in new wetlands across Australia. Listen to Australian and world news ...

The government’s response was swift and unusual ... but it cemented these birds as symbols of survival and adaptability. Protected under Australian environmental law since 1999, their population ...