The ostrich is the tallest bird that inhabits the planet today, but fossil evidence suggests that birds used to be much ...

Things are really starting to get busy in the Alabama Swamps now. During the last week of April I put up oriole and ...

A research team has created a comprehensive evolutionary tree of all bird species, integrating data from hundreds of studies ...

For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

If you dig through the news, you may come across stories of different plants and animals enduring forest fires, sea ...

Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they ...

The biological taxonomy system can be a confusing and sometimes imperfect method for categorizing life. However, it can also ...

Researchers have combined decades of scientific data, tracing how all birds are related. This provides an evolutionary map ...

The most extensive biodiversity survey yet of Nepal’s little-studied Madhesh province has revealed a wealth of wildlife ...

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most ...

Ronan, the only non-human mammal to demonstrate highly precise beat keeping, continues to challenge our understanding of ...

Autotomy refers to an animal’s ability to shed or remove a body part as a defense mechanism. This act of self-amputation is ...