It's not a sound commonly associated with birds. But a colony of flesh-footed shearwaters 'crack and crunch' because they've ...

This backyard raptor rehabilitator funds his operation from his own pocket and some small donations ... several decades ago birds of prey were highly persecuted in Tasmania but awareness was ...

A dam built nearly a century ago by a tin mining company in Tasmania's north-east has been identified as having "critical ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania ... on what’s happening with the birds through social media and frequently has visitors wanting to tour his small premises. Raptor Care North ...

The animal kingdom has many creatures with strong odors for defense. The stinkbird or hoatzin smells like manure due to its ...

Hundreds of Australia’s unique species are clinging to life in small patches of habitat. Now researchers have found half of ...

This year's riveting season of 'Alone Australia' will end with a nail-biting two-episode finale. Before it all ends, we speak to the top four about their time in the Tasmanian wilderness.

Speaking on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing, Waters said she was “an eternal optimist” and hoped the comprehensively re-elected ...

Australia is home to a fascinating spider species known as Walckenaer’s studded triangular spider (Arkys walckenaeri), part ...

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

He said the plastic makes a "crunching sound" that can be heard by pressing the bird. Jack Rivers-Auty, a lecturer at the University of Tasmania, some the bellies of some have "laminated into ...