Birds don’t just sing, they can 'beatbox' too, a new study suggests. Male Java sparrows may click their bills together with the notes of their song in a similar way to human beatboxers ...

TEMPO.CO, Sleman - The Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) contains 67 percent of Java’s wild birds. In 1995, there were only 140 recorded wild birds in this region, yet by 2013 as many as 338 wild birds ...

Conservationists and bird staff at Chester Zoo are making every effort to try and save the birds (pictured), which have been targeted by the illegal bird trade in its native Indonesian forests.

On the cover, a Shanghai commuter takes precautions during the 2003 avian influenza outbreak. It is nearly 40 years since the last worldwide influenza pandemic, and though these things don't run ...