An album consisting of the sounds of endangered Australian birds has made its way to the top of the country's music charts after a heavy push on social media. "Songs of Disappearance" was released Dec ...

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Songs of Disappearance is an collection of bird calls from 53 threatened Australian species. And for a brief spell, it was a best-selling album. For most of December, Adele had the top selling album ...

An album composed of the songs tweeted, chirped and whistled by some of Australia's most endangered birds has climbed into the top five on the country's album sales chart. "Songs of Disappearance" ...

The barking owl is one of the 53 endangered bird species featured on the album. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons In a surprising twist, an album of bird songs winged its way ahead of Grammy-winning ...

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 ...

The first recorded bird strike, when a bird collides with an aircraft, was in the United States in 1905 but now they occur almost daily. Last year, Australia recorded the highest number in more than a ...

Bird flu, or H5N1, has touched most of the globe, but there is one spot it hasn't reached. Researchers down under are preparing for it, but gaps in bird flu surveillance elsewhere makes it difficult.

Listen to the spring 'laughing' call of the green woodpecker. Watch as a male sits in a tree and sings. This is a nature documentary about wildlife from the Czech Republic in Central Europe. Bird song ...