The kookaburra, often called the laughing kookaburra, is a large subgroup of the kingfisher bird. It is diurnal, meaning it is most active in the daytime. Kookaburras are commonly found in eucalyptus ...

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is mourning Bloke, a laughing kookaburra bird, that was one of the zoo's most well-known and beloved animal ambassadors.Bloke died peacefully Tuesday of old age, zoo ...

It's a common sound in the Australian bush, starting up just around daylight: the laughing call of the kookaburra. In the group captured in this field recording by wildlife expert David Stewart, four ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Bloke, the laughing kookaburra who was one of the Maryland Zoo's Animal Ambassadors and who appeared in numerous television shows, has died. Zoo general curator Mike McClure said in ...

Gatorland welcomed Marshall the laughing kookaburra to its park Wednesday, adding yet another animal to its ever-growing family. Marshall is 2 years old and comes from a “loving South Florida home,” ...

URBANA – This kookaburra named R.J. is allegedly a laughing kookaburra, but Julia Katzenbach couldn't get even a smile out of him last week. Katzenbach, one of the two student managers of the Wildlife ...

While many people took to baking sourdough or tried birdwatching during the COVID-19 lockdown, Farvardin Daliri embarked on a unique passion project: constructing a 15-foot-tall mechanical kookaburra ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- When your lose a pet, it's like losing a member of the family. That's the feeling at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Ron Matz explains the loss of a most beloved animal that touched ...

If you happen to go to the Cape May County Zoo and hear something laughing a little too hard, chances are it's a four part harmony of the zoo's laughing kookaburra birds. The zoo is proud to announce ...

An Australian man stuck at home during the lockdown took on a hobby that no one else had probably considered: He built a massive kookaburra in his front yard — complete with a laughing soundtrack — ...