Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Fewer than 40 New Zealand fairy terns survive - making it six times rarer than the kākāpō, which is often treated as the "poster bird" for our most endangered species.

Honey-hunters in northern Mozambique rely on honeyguide birds to locate three-quarters of their harvest each year, a new ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only ...