Our Burning Planet

Survival of the coolest — Oppenheimer research grant winner on overheating birds in a changing climate

By Yves Vanderhaeghen

Africa

Miniature backpack traces remarkable journey of the ‘goddess of the skies’ – the European Roller

By Tony Carnie

South Africa

‘Devastating’ death of dozens of migrating birds across SA points to coming climate change havoc — experts

By Julia Evans

Africa

Uganda – a place of paradoxes

By Tara Turkington

Maverick Life

In images: One of the most incredible wildlife spectacles in the UK

By Maverick Life Editors

World

Book of the Dead – the species declared extinct in 2022

By John R. Platt

Magazine

Hearing or seeing birds has a positive effect on mental health, study finds

By Jean-Marie Uys

South Africa

Karoo mourns the death of renowned ornithologist and scientist Richard Dean

By Daily Maverick Staff Writer

South Africa

South Africa’s global biodiversity ranks as nothing too special

By Don Pinnock

Magazine

In defence of pigeons

By Steve Portugal

World

Scientists crack the mystery of how the cuckoo finch gets other birds to raise its brood

By Shaun Smillie

Africa

Migration in a time of war: A tiny bird’s mighty trek through Ukraine battle zones

By Les Underhill