Birds are everywhere, right? That’s why birds are an easy way to get kids excited about animals and nature. Read beautiful nonfiction bird books to teach your children more about birds. Kids will ...

If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to spark curiosity about the natural world, and it's something you can do whether ...

People are far too eager to talk smack on Australia's wildlife, going into great detail about how nightmarish and deadly it all is. Sure, there's koalas and kangaroos, but people love to bring up how ...

Here’s something worth tweeting about: Being around more birds can boost your family’s happiness. A German study of more than 26,000 Europeans found that the cheeriest folks lived near natural areas ...

John Woinarski is affiliated with Charles Darwin University, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy and the Biodiversity Council. Sarah Legge receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is ...

An illustration of night parrots by Elizabeth Gould, completed in 1890. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.