Plus, readers ask about goldfinches nesting and eating, starlings making holes in lawns and swans appearing in local waters.

Once reviled, the Greater Adjutant stork was nearly extinct, but the conservation efforts of Dr. Purnima Devi Barman and her ...

"Millions of passengers have traveled across this iconic carpet. These fibers are symbolic of the journeys we have shared": Melbourne Airport Authority.

World-class animal encounters await in the country's two biggest metropolises. But which sanctuary will you visit first? Our ...

Since 1959 the avian flu virus H5N1 has been popping up around the globe. Now scientists believe it could spark the next ...

You might be feeling a little sore from all the squats, wall sits, push ups and walking over the past couple of weeks.

By 1903 the national flock had almost halved to 54 million ... assisted Tasmania to recover from bushfires during another severe drought. In October 1902 Melbourne’s Lord Mayor opened a public appeal ...

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock near Inverness, making it Scotland's first avian influenza case since January. The Scottish government said the H5N1 strain of the virus ...

The map below shows the location of Victoria and Melbourne. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance ...

Photographer Fiona Elisabeth Exon captured the below image showing a "vast bird-shaped murmuration flock of starlings," that were preparing to roost at dusk." "Immense Flock of Starlings, Known as a ...

An Antarctic skua, one of the birds hardest hit by avian flu in the ... a virus ecologist at the University of Melbourne who was not involved in the research, to Science. “We’re still very ...

Picture: William West Ferrari’s superstar Lewis Hamilton was given a sweet welcome to Melbourne with a fan giving him a packet of Tim Tams as he arrived at the F1 garages. Zak Brown, chief ...