If you've ever seen an Australian finch, you know that it has a brightly colored red, orange, or yellow bill. But how and why ...

Owning your very own island in Australia is no longer just the domain of the obscenely wealthy—as a small island with a number of notable bird species, including little penguins, is selling off the ...

An international study led by researchers at Uppsala University (Sweden) in collaboration with researchers at The University of Queensland (Australia) and Princeton University (NJ, USA) used ...

Flooding in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin is creating ideal breeding conditions for many native species that have evolved to take advantage of temporary flood conditions. Australian scientists have ...

Scientists simulated how drought conditions could change the song of Darwin’s medium ground finches by digitally modifying recordings to mimic what would happen as their beaks grew larger over ...

A husband and wife team that for 35 years has researched finches' evolutionary responses to environmental changes have won the prestigious Kyoto Prize in the basic sciences category. Peter and ...