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The birdwatcher initially thought the skull he found in a forested area behind the Hindu cemetery belonged to an animal.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk to the general public is low and urges precautions for those in contact with sick or dead birds.

The threat is still considered to be low, but the virus continues to spread.

Scientists have long recognised that some songbirds produce sounds with patterns resembling human speech and music. However, the reasons behind these similarities have remained unclear. A study published in Science on 29 October has now found that speech-like and musical patterns are widespread among birds, including species that do not learn their vocalisat

I tested Birdbuddy’s Nook and Birdfy’s Rookie in my backyard. Saving money comes with compromises, but some are easier to live with.

For one week of the year, a patch of Flemington Racecourse becomes the heart of Melbourne’s social life. But the Birdcage wasn’t always so glamorous.

A new study shows that birds that fly long distances may experience a phenomenon similar to human jet lag that causes them to drift off course.

A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.

The premier was nowhere to be seen on Derby Day, and his wife refused a photo.

A dolphin that washed ashore on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula tests positive for bird flu.

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The 17th edition of the event will be organised by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited in and around Kaiga

A French action film and an American indie romance are both up for grabs with international buyers at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Cappu Films has sold “Red Bird” to Kinologistika LLC for the CIS region, which covers Russia and other former Soviet states, and has taken on international sales for “Step Back, […]

A species of seabirds appears to become disoriented on flights back to its nest due to shifting time zones.

On fast flights across the Atlantic, the body clocks of Manx shearwaters get out of sync with local time, leading them to veer away from the most direct flight path

A group of Dunedin high school students have come up with an innovative solution for a $1 million problem facing farmers.

Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners and Guy Oseary’s venture capital firm Sound Ventures are partnering to invest $1 billion in emerging platforms at the convergence of tech, media and culture. The firms said the partnership “will capitalize on RedBird’s global reach and business-building expertise, alongside Sound’s access to founders and marketing a

Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital Partners, coming off its major investment in David Ellison’s Skydance, announced a pact with Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures to jointly invest up to $1 billion in “emerging platforms at the convergence of technology, media and culture.” As part of the agreement, RedBird will contribute the “expertise” of RedBird X, the firm’s […

The Skydance and Artists Equity backer and the talent manager's investment firm will deploy the cash toward companies "at the convergence of technology, media and culture."

Shashank Walia’s “Birds in the Dark,” about a call center executive whom a police informer mistakes for a suspect, will close the 15th Dharamshala International Film Festival with its India premiere. The festival runs Oct. 29–Nov. 1 at Tibetan Children’s Village in Upper Dharamshala. Walia’s debut feature took two prizes at the Busan International Film […]

If you think you’ve gained full access to Flemington’s luxury Birdcage enclosures this year, it might well turn out you haven’t.

Longtime Skydance Sports chief Jesse Sisgold is exiting his post and moving to an advisory role at company backer RedBird Capital. Sisgold was formerly president and COO of Skydance when it was a boutique production shingle being scaled up by David Ellison. Now that Ellison is running a massive media entity after the merger of […]

'A bird can build a nest in the time it takes you to stop for smoko or have a cup of tea.'

FMG says nesting birds cause $1.2 million worth of tractor fire claims annually, and were linked to about a third of the 100 such claims in the past three years.

A longtime confidant of David Ellison and the former president and COO of Skydance Media, Sisgold most recently led the company's Paramount Sports Entertainment division.

A camera set up to monitor a bowerbird inadvertently captured a range of wildlife thriving at Yourka after 20 years of bush management, from goannas to bettongs.

'The Leftovers' alum Tom Spezialy is adapting Daphne du Maurier's novella, which previously inspired a 1963 film by Alfred Hitchcock.

HBO is developing a limited series take on “The Birds” with Sarah Snook in the lead role, Variety has confirmed. The show is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film and Daphne du Maurier’s novella of the same name. The package was first reported to be on the market over the summer, with the project now […]

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning Succession star Sarah Snook is returning to HBO as the star of The Birds, a limited series inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s film and Daphne du Maurier’s novella. HBO has nabbed the high-profile project, which was taken out by Universal Global Television this past summer, for development. It comes from two other key creative […]

EXCLUSIVE: Chloë Levine, an actress known for her work on shows like Netflix’s The OA and Trinkets, is set to star in Your Heart is a Hummingbird, a semi-autobiographical indie drama written and directed by former adult film actress SM Goldberger. In Your Heart is a Hummingbird, Levine plays successful adult film star Rebekah Rosenberg […]

The count, which will be held between October 30 and November 2, is open to anyone who would like to participate

Caitlin Andrew hated birdwatching as a child but found a passion for it in her 20s.

<p>Everyday activities, from visiting zoos to cleaning bird droppings, can expose you to a potentially dangerous infection</p>

In my suburb, rare orange-bellied parrots get more attention than real estate developers – and the locals love it that way.

Thuggish magpies, hummingbird moth tourists and a Latin American butterfly: Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Forty students from seven schools compete to see who can sound most like a kookaburra, Australian raven, or yellow-tailed black cockatoo — and be crowned best bird caller.

Pets should be kept away or kept on leash as bay welcomes these beautiful visitors

The Joybird Eliot Sleeper, plus hundreds of other options, are up to 40 percent off during the brand’s Semiannual sale.

A 150-million-year-old fossil discovered in China reveals a bizarre early bird with sharp teeth, a dinosaur-like claw, and a body built for life on the ground rather than flight. Scientists believe it represents the earliest known example of flight loss in birds, overturning assumptions about how these animals evolved.

Whanganui couple Dan and Toni George turn soil health into seasonal produce.

Zoo staffers don’t know whether the bright green eggs are viable and will ultimately hatch into chicks. However, the eggs themselves are a major win, because breeding the birds in captivity is tricky

I’ve spent years testing smart bird feeders. These are the currently discounted models I’d buy for myself—or give as gifts.

The Mātātā, or Fernbird, was hard to spot because they spend most of their time inside a canopy of shrubs, Greater Wellington Regional Council said.

The MPA gave “Wildwood” a PG-13 for “strong fantasy violence/bloody images, thematic material, suicide-related material, brief partial nudity and language,” which is a mouthful for any movie and an especially wild one for a stop-motion picture about a girl hunting for her kidnapped baby brother. It’s the first PG-13 in Laika’s 17 years as a […]

EXCLUSIVE: Lyrical Media and Embrace have sold feature package Butcher & Blackbird, a dark romance based on the bestselling novel by Brynne Weaver, to Amazon MGM Studios, for release worldwide on Prime Video. Chris McKay, the filmmaker who directed Amazon’s Chris Pratt sci-fi actioner The Tomorrow War, is set to direct. Emma Laird (War) and […]

I’m not sure when bird-watching became so popular, but it seems everybody’s getting into it these days. If you want to see what all the fuss is about without leaving your couch, both Coolfly and Birdfy are discounting their camera-equipped bird feeders for a limited time. Right now, you can buy Coolfy’s Aura Smart Bird […]

On the evening of October 16, more than five million birds are estimated to have flown through Cook County, which includes Chicago. They were propelled by favorable winds brought by a cold front

Birdbuddy is finally launching the new smart bird feeders it originally announced at CES 2026 earlier this year, but with new names. The Birdbuddy 2 Mini is now called the Birdbuddy Nook, and it is designed to be a smaller and more affordable option the company describes as its "most accessible smart bird feeder yet." […]

Birdbuddy's next-generation smart bird feeders have finally arrived. After spending a few days with the BirdBuddy Nook (from $99) and longer with the flagship Birdbuddy Home ($219), there's a clear winner: The Nook is the perfect all-rounder, just the right blend of technology, nature, and value to bring you delightful scenes from the lives of […]

Scientists have uncovered a strange pattern in urban bird behavior: Across five European countries and 37 species, birds consistently fled sooner when approached by women than men. Researchers have no clear explanation for the difference, raising intriguing questions about how birds recognize and respond to humans.

The latest numbers from the Fatal Light Awareness Program show a concerning avian trend across Toronto with the number of birds being killed or injured in collisions with buildings on the rise.

There are fewer than 1000 matuku-hūrepo, Australasian bittern's left in the wild and a conservation group is asking New Zealanders to listen out for the bird, and record what they hear.

How did bird flu jump from birds to mammals? Australia's first confirmed case offers clues.