Matt Ridley’s “Birds, Sex and Beauty” explores how mate choice and aesthetics drive evolution, blending lyrical nature writing with deep biological insight.

The last of nature’s born singers arrive in early June. The final species to make an appearance on the Newfoundland and Labrador scene are the yellow-bellied flycatcher, gray-cheeked thrush and ...

BBC Springwatch returns this May with three weeks of live programmes from two new locations as it marks its 20th anniversary ...

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Story continues below this ad As he speaks about his fascination for the Greater Painted Snipe, a bird in which the gender roles are starkly reversed, so that it is the female that indulges in ...

Remember this American Woodcock, the delightful little bird with an unflappable swagger? Well, if you liked its ridiculous ...

But it could just as well represent a female bird, aggressively chasing whatever intruder gets too close to her nest. Not any female bird, though. An international team of researchers led by Sara ...

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, is currently investigating six potential outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as bird flu, according to updated ...