New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

These birds may look beautiful, but what sets them apart is the presence of a powerful poison called batrachotoxin in their feathers. While the toxin is dangerous to humans, the birds themselves ...

One theory for the origin of this poison is the birds’ diet. “It’s been put forth that they eat these Choresine beetles and that’s how they get their toxin,” says Jønsson.

It’s been a beautiful spring with all of the bees and bugs coming alive, along with the birds singing to announce their happiness. I put out two new wren houses but I am seeing they like their old ...

Chicago's rat reputation has long been cemented, with Orkin naming the city the country's rattiest city each year for the past decade.

In a devastating incident in South Africa's Kruger National Park, over 120 endangered vultures perished after consuming an ...

With support from the Chicago Bird Alliance and Lincoln Park Zoo, the pilot aims to reduce the rat population without poison ...

“We’re using poison still, right? And there’s still rats everywhere, so it doesn’t seem like it’s working,” Chicago Bird Alliance executive director Matt Iegleski said. The ...

In the forests of Asia lives a small bird with a very apt name — the common tailorbird. These animals, which are covered in a ...

Poison Ivy is trying so hard to show them love ... One thing I’ve learnt when given a long ongoing story like Birds of Prey is that the criticisms can really tire me out. If I don’t see ...