Throughout the night, great potoos emit a loud, moaning growl that has earned the bird a mythical status, with some ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

This video proves there's more than meets the eye for a woodpecker. It has one trick you'd never expect when it comes to ...

This is the first time the virus has killed these birds, officials say. Some 30 of Indiana’s 92 counties have reported ...

I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

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Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

Gardeners up and down the UK are being urged to leave two kitchen scraps on their bird tables this March and April for a ...

This bird measures between 25 and 26 cm, with males reaching 26 cm and females 25 cm. For a bird of paradise, it is small but ...