Beyond the sandy beaches and shimmering lagoons of the Cook Islands, there is a jungle war being fought. The location is Atiu, the third-largest of the Cooks' 15 islands. Its original name is Enuamanu ...

COMMON mynas are like an avian version of the dreaded cane toad — ugly, unwanted and with an insatiable appetite for total domination. But now Australian scientists are leading the fightback.

The common myna has long been a looming threat to native bird life in Australia since its introduction to Canberra in the 1960s. Invading and rapidly destroying native nests, the myna is dominating ...

A strain of the disease responsible for killing nearly two thirds of the UK's greenfinch population has spread to myna birds in Pakistan. In 2011, the disease was discovered to have reached European ...

The common mynah proves a inviolable law of life — there would always be someone waiting in the wings to purloin what one holds dear; or, at least, cause that perception. A resident bird in Chennai, ...

BirdLife Zimbabwe cautions that the Common (or Indian) Myna has well and truly arrived in Zimbabwe and is set to become a serious alien invader, posing a threat to some indigenous bird species. Sad to ...

Kate Grarock receives funding from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Center. She is affiliated with The Australian National University. In Australia we are all too familiar with devastating ...

In these distressing times of the coronavirus lockdown, what does a naturalist like me do to pass time? Do some backyard birdwatching! With no human presence on the road, the pleasant spring season ...