As the Christmas Island spaceport project moves closer to lift-off, ornithologists are worried about its impact on the island's bird population. The Australian-owned consortium Asia Pacific Space ...

A Christmas Island bird known for its spectacular tail feathers may soon join the list of vulnerable species The Indian Ocean red-tailed tropicbird, or silver bosun, has seen a 36pc population ...

Home Christmas Island – Bird & Nature Week. Christmas Island – Bird & Nature Week. Join our team of dedicated researchers and natural history experts for a week-long immersion in Christmas Island’s ...

The Christmas Island Frigatebird is a spectacular large seabird. It is one of only five frigatebird species, all with glossy black plumage, long narrow wings, buoyant and acrobatic flight, and ...

Called kleptoparasitism, the behaviour is seen when birds harass other foraging seabirds, using sharp talons and beak to bully them until they are forced to give away their food. The Christmas Island ...

Forty-five volunteers turned their eyes to the skies on Jan. 2 for the Virgin Islands Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, and what they found was promising. Three years after ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Every year on the third Saturday of December, teams of Staten Island birders get together to take count of all the birds present on the Island. Each team is assigned to a ...

P.E.I.'s annual Christmas bird count has so far recorded 40 species of birds in the Island's National Park, with some "nice rarities" including some Northern Pintail and a Lesser Scaup.

A Google-funded subsea cable will connect the Australian territory of Christmas Island to Darwin on the mainland.… That cable, named Bosun after an iconic Christmas Island bird, will connect ...

A bird species which normally calls Russia home has been spotted in Australia for the first time ever. Bird enthusiasts have photographed a Siberian rubythroat on Christmas Island. Editor of BirdLife ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Around 50 people participated in Staten Island’s annual Christmas Bird Count, held recently as part of a nationwide effort to identify and count the species in their area.