Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if ...

You wouldn’t want to run afoul of this feathery giant. Scientists poring over bird bones estimate that an extinct Australian species weighed 1,000 pounds on average. That’s as much as a mid-sized ...

An Aussie professor has spearheaded the creation of a global resource that’s shaking up birdwatching and research the world over.

Meet the fairy-wren: a beloved Australian bird with a unique personality.

In Sturt National Park, near Tibooburra in central Australia where temperatures can range from freezing to nearly 50°C, there lives a small bird with a white back, forked tail and – as we’ve just ...

It has now been seemingly confirmed that birds of prey in Australia are not only responsible for the spread of wildfires, but that they are doing it deliberately. This means that humans are not unique ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Now that the covid omicron lockdown has thrown a wrench into ...