Australian researchers find that the benefits of genetic mixing between subspecies designed to improve genetic health and fitness outweigh risks to the Critically Endangered Helmeted Honeyeater ...

The Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia) is a spectacular, black, white and gold, medium-sized honeyeater. It has a bare, corrugated pale face, giving rise to its earlier name of Warty-faced ...

New research shows unless conservation actions are urgently stepped up, one of our most beautiful songbirds, the regent honeyeater, will be extinct within 20 years. New research from The Australian ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program. By Emily Anthes Regent honeyeaters were once abundant in the ...

A new study combines over 30 years of demanding fieldwork and advanced genetics to quantify how much harm is done by inbreeding in the last wild population of the helmeted honeyeater, and identifies ...

When wildlife photographer Richard Shaw spotted a rare regent honeyeater on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, he was not sure if his eyes were playing tricks on him. The species is critically ...

A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B has revealed that the regent honeyeater has forgotten its song. The joyful bird, which was once abundant in South Eastern ...

Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free ...

More than 20 iconic yellow and black helmeted honeyeaters have fluttered off into their new forest home on Bunurong Country in eastern Victoria. The birds were bred at Healesville Sanctuary near ...

Researchers found the loss of just a few eggs to opportunistic predators could greatly increase the songbird’s risk of extinction within 20 years Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton ...