Australian birds have weaponized fire because what we really need now is something else to make us afraid Raptors, including the whistling kite, are intentionally spreading grass fires in northern ...

Today I met an Australian magpie in Newcastle NSW which had learned to sing the calls of fire-engines and ambulances,” Andrews wrote along with the video, which now has over 2,800 shares.

More than 1 billion birds, reptiles and mammals may have been killed by the fires sweeping across Australia, according to a new estimate from the University of Sydney.

In Australia, fire-stealing raptors grab smoldering twigs and use them to start new fires, ... Australian Birds Steal Fire to Smoke Out Prey. News. By Mindy Weisberger published 9 January 2018 ...

World Wildlife Fund Australia: This chapter of the international wildlife conservation organization is accepting donations to care for injured wildlife and, when the fires clear, to plant 10,000 ...

Australia is no exception to this rule. From 1997 to 2011, some 18 percent of Australia’s 730,000 square miles of savanna were affected by fire each year, on average.

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating bushfires – almost triple the figure estimated in January – according to a report released Tuesday.

From 2011 to 2017, the team carried out research in Australia’s Northern Territory, where they interviewed aboriginal people who have observed avian fire-spreading.

In a major win for the nation's biosecurity efforts, Australia has been officially declared free from high pathogenicity ...

Fires in riparian zones within the tropical savannas of northern Australia affect the breeding success and survival of endangered, purple-crowned fairy-wrens. Wildfires are becoming more common ...

More than 1 billion birds, reptiles and mammals may have been killed by the fires sweeping across Australian, according to a new estimate from the University of Sydney.