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

Seneca Rocks Audubon Society will present a program titled, “Costa Rica, a Birder’s Paradise” on May 14 at 6:30 p.m., at the ...

With one of the largest shares of Appalachian Mountains among all the eastern states, Pennsylvania is home to many dozens of songbirds that fill our forestlands each summer.

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

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

For social animals, communication is a key that unlocks the benefits of group living. It's well known that animals with more complex social lives tend to have more intricate ways of communicating, ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one ...

A study of starlings in Africa shows that they form long-term social bonds similar to human friendships. The fact that humans who are not related by blood help each other repeatedly over time is ...

Birds form close bonds, just like human friendships, reveals new research. Starlings show “reciprocity” - helping each other ...

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 ...