Superb fairy-wrens are facing "imminent danger," and a well-studied population in Canberra could go extinct in the next 30 years if we don't urgently curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two superb fairy-wrens (_Malurus cyaneus_). ARKphoto/Shutterstock When we think of bird songs, we often imagine a cheerful ...

Contrary to their pretty name and appearance, some Australian superb fairy-wrens can be "aggressive" in the wild—which may be important for their survival. When it comes to nest defense or territory ...

Four months since extreme floods swept through their habitat, a group of purple-crowned fairy-wrens have been found alive and well. When ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie inundated the Kimberley with record ...

Can superb fairy-wrens learn to respond to brood-parasitic cuckoos by simply watching other fairy-wrens react to a cuckoo? That’s the question posed in a new Biology Letters study by myself and Naomi ...