On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in ...

The Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) is a small bird that weighs about 10 grams ... being blown off course when crossing Bass Strait from Tasmania, and they are now common in that country.

Tasmania is renowned for its incredible nature and wildlife ... and will chase away other honeyeaters and small birds. They collect animal hair from horses, dogs and even humans to line their ...

Migratory birds cover great distances to feed and breed, sometimes crossing continents and oceans in record time. Are they being impacted by rising global temperatures?

The plastic effects "nearly every organ system" of the birds, he said, especially the brain. Birds less than 6 months old ...

Eric Woehler from Birdlife Tasmania said the bird probably lost ... "The package has to be so small given this bird travels 12,000 kilometres. It can't have any impact on the migration or welfare ...

Tasmania is a relatively small state of 68,000 kilometers located ... Rebecca Bracken is the conservation research director of the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, a nonprofit organization dedicated ...

Tasmania’s mutton bird colonies are more than a month late returning from their annual migration to Alaska this year. The birds usually arrive promptly from September 21, but only small numbers ...

Small birds have explored a wide variety of styles of flight, ranging from hovering hummingbirds to bounding sparrows to ...

The bird was again tracking southwest when it flew over or near Kiribati and New Caledonia, then past the Australian mainland before turning directly west for Tasmania, Australia's most southerly ...