Dudes getting half-naked at sporting events is arguably an Australian "thing," but that doesn't make it a good thing -- especially in other countries. Nine men are in jail after they stripped down to ...

Budgies are such a quintessential Australian pet, it’s easy to forget they’re one of our most fascinating endemic birds. Found across the Australian mainland, particularly throughout Australia’s dry ...

Thousands of parrots have descended on the Australian outback in a "mind-boggling" natural phenomenon. Budgerigars, small, nomadic, seed-eating parrots known colloquially as budgies or parakeets, have ...

Budgerigar numbers are set to explode for the third consecutive year in outback Central Australia, prompting a birdwatcher to call for a targeted tourism campaign to attract twitchers. Mark Carter, a ...

Some birds have been fetching prices similar to large dog breeds at online sales across Australia in the past months, with prices soaring past $2000. While most birds have sold for between $300 and ...

The contrast between the captive birds of my childhood and the wild flocks of my new home has become more than an observation See more Australian bird of the year content My first encounter with what ...

After a bumper wet season, huge flocks of budgerigars are on the move in the desert. A massive murmuration – the phenomenon of thousands of birds flocking together – has swarmed the Northern Territory ...

The 15-year-old St Margaret Mary’s student has been selected in her third Budgies Australian Indigenous Schoolgirls netball team after starring for North Queensland at the recent National Indigenous ...