The Guardian • 2025-09-18

Powerful owls’ grisly crime scenes in urban parkland remind us we share suburbia with a magnificent predator

The magnificent apex predator of the night, forced out of forests into urban landscapes, now confronts yet another silent killer: rat poison

Independent • 2025-09-18

Scientists declare ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back extinct dodo

American biotech firm claims it is on course to recreate a living bird in as little as five years

The Guardian • 2025-09-14

Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now

We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month

The Guardian • 2025-09-17

Australia’s quietest cockatoo is running out of trees. We have betrayed its gentle curiosity | Joseph Earp

As logging, fire and shrinking habitat push the glossy black cockatoo closer to the brink, we don’t just risk losing a species, but a world of wonder

The Guardian • 2025-09-15

Australian bird of the year 2025: create your own bird art with colouring sheets from Pete Cromer

Download one or many of our beautiful colouring sheets from artist Pete Cromer

The Guardian • 2025-09-17

In the days after my mum died, a blackbird lingered like a messenger of solace | Mark Saunokonoko

Some Māori believe that when they die, their spirit travels up New Zealand to the tip of the North Island – souls flying like birds