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 ...

The myna bird has been declared the second greatest threat to native birds after land clearing. It's currently spreading through eastern Australia, yet in some areas its arrival is so recent that ...

In Australia we are all too familiar with devastating environmental impacts of introduced species such as foxes, rabbits and cane toads. But did you know that some introduced species may have a ...

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, ...

The first detailed survey on the impact of the Indian myna shows it is causing declines in nine species of Australian birds. Although the Indian or common myna is on the World Conservation Union (IUCN ...

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 ...

A pair of common mynah birds take flight from a fence near the Central Maui Landfill Refuse and Recycling Center earlier this month. Mynah were imported to Hawaii from India in 1865 in an effort to ...

Mynahs are remarkably adept at adapting to the ever-growing concrete jungle that is the city of Karachi. Through our rapacious appetite for more land and our visceral hatred for nature, we have ...

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 ...

The first detailed survey on the impact of the Indian myna shows it is causing declines in nine species of Australian birds. Although the Indian or common myna is on the World Conservation Union (IUCN ...