A military campaign meant to rid Western Australia of crop-destroying emus ended in failure. But the surreal showdown highlighted the birds’ critical role in the country’s ecosystem and cultural ...

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore ...

As it grew cold, most of the birds would fly to wetlands on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea—some went further, to the tropics or to Australia. But problems for them arose at both ends of ...