Category: Sky

What’s next for bird flu?

The arrival of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza on the Australian mainland is galvanising nature lovers across the country as the virus threatens to devastate our wildlife.

Nature & Wildlife

How Australia turned on the common myna

Once openly adored, the common myna is now one of Australia’s most despised birds. But the bird hasn’t changed, our attitudes have. Why?

Flora & Fauna

Birds are building nests with our rubbish. Can we offer them something better?

Birds build their nests with whatever they can find. This spring, let’s make sure some of those materials are as nature intended.

Flora & Fauna

Bogong moths are on the move

Bogong moths have begun their annual migration to the Australian Alps, showing up in homes and gardens across eastern Australia.

Adventure

Tale of a river: Paddling the mighty Snowy

Kayaking the Byadbo Wilderness section of the Snowy River takes you back to an earlier age as you join the flow of this famous waterway through a remote and wild landscape.

Nature & Wildlife

New facility for fragile fledglings

Orphaned helmeted honeyeater chicks will be given a lifeline at Zoos Victoria’s new Helmeted Honeyeater Hand-raising and Incubation Facility at Healesville Sanctuary.

Flora & Fauna

Magpie takes top spot in 2025 Aussie Bird Count

The Australian magpie has swooped to victory as the most common bird sighted throughout Australia’s backyards, parks and neighbourhoods.

Biodiversity

New population of endangered cockatoos discovered

A group of Carnaby’s black-cockatoos has been discovered living in Dryandra, Western Australia, in a region where the species’ numbers have been in decline.