Kevin Mahon and Alice Phua's 12th-floor balcony in Claremont in Perth's western suburbs is home to more than just the friendly couple. For the past two years, a family of brown honeyeaters have been ...

A rare songbird's existence is under threat because it is failing to learn how to sing love songs, new research suggests. The distinctive black and yellow regent honeyeater - once common across ...

With less than 300 Regent honeyeaters remaining in the wild, the critically endangered bird has teetered on the brink of extinction. So news that captive-born birds have bred after they were tagged ...

Regent honeyeaters learn their song within the first 100 days of life. Source: T Passila One Australia’s rarest birds, the Regent honeyeater, has undergone a concerning behavioural change. Common a ...

It is a critically endangered species, but a recent survey indicates the native regent honeyeater's population could be on the rise. The annual August mainland search of the species coordinated by ...

New generations of a critically endangered species of songbird are failing to learn the tunes they need for courtship. It could lead to extinction. A male regent honeyeater in Australia. Researchers ...

SCIENTISTS FROM THE Australian National University (ANU) have called for urgent action— specifically the release of captive-bred females to increase flock sizes of the critically-endangered Regent ...

Australia’s bush fires are threatening the country’s unique wildlife—from koalas to native birds to bees—and researchers fear that some species are being pushed to the brink of extinction. The fires ...

The wild population of one of Australia's rarest birds is being boosted this week with the release of 50 zoo-bred regent honeyeaters in the Lower Hunter Valley. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up ...

The wild population of one of Australia's rarest birds is being boosted this week with the release of 50 zoo-bred regent honeyeaters in the Lower Hunter Valley.