SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Sunday it would spend an extra A$95 million ($64.13 million) to protect against a destructive bird flu strain that has spread through bird and mammal ...

Once Australia sent soldiers with machine guns against emus. The birds scattered, survived, and outlasted the operation, ...

CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Friday that scientists had seen symptoms consistent with the destructive H5 bird flu strain on its sub-Antarctic Heard Island in the Southern Ocean, after ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

Scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies. For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to ...

Bird flu has made its way to almost every corner of the globe. First detected in China in 1996, it's spread across Asia and to to Europe and Africa. Catching a ride on migratory birds, it crossed the ...

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change. Known as ...

An incredible image captured the moment a Wedge Tailed Eagle lunged at a young boy during a birds of prey show in northern Australia on July 6. The incident happened at Alice Springs Desert Park when ...

A new case of bird flu was found at a poultry farm in Victoria, Australia, following the discovery of the first human case of the virus in the country. The human case in Australia is the H5N1 strain, ...

This is the moment a bird seeks relief from a garden sprinkler during an extreme heatwave in Australia. Footage shows the ...