Eating mutton bird is part of a long culture in the Furneaux Island group. While the rest of Australia is enjoying the short-tailed shearwater with binoculars, island dwellers are getting out ...

Mutton bird chicks are only young enough to lunch on for about five weeks each year, after which they become too big to eat – hence, the snakes’ oversized heads.

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing ...

Mutton birding: a story of cultural obligation, Blak joy and survival The ancient cultural tradition is practised every year on a picturesque island off the coast of lutruwita, but there are ...

Among the bird calls is that of the flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna carneipes), roughly 22,000 of which breed on the island. Flesh-footed shearwater chick (Ardenna carneipes) Neal Haddaway ...

Queensland authorities are on alert after thousands of dead birds have washed up on east coast beaches, including popular spots on North Stradbroke Island, triggering fears of a new bird flu ...

On a remote Australian island renowned ... It is home to about 44,000 sable shearwaters — also known as flesh-footed shearwaters or mutton birds — which breed on the island before chicks ...

One bird was found to have ... It is home to about 44,000 sable shearwaters — also known as flesh-footed shearwaters or mutton birds — which breed on the island before chicks fledge the nest ...

It is home to about 44,000 sable shearwaters – also known as flesh-footed shearwaters or mutton birds – which breed on the island before chicks fledge the nest and fly to Japan at about 90 ...