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Most birds, by design, are built to fly. Peacocks, on the other hand, are not.
This bird evolved a sword...to avoid a fight.
Avian courtship displays a vivid blend of beauty and biology in nature's mating dance.
They're small, feisty, and amazing. Meet the rufous hummingbird.
It's hard to believe something like this can happen.
During the Great Emu War, Australian soldiers attempted to control the emu population but were ultimately defeated.
They're often considered a pest because they're so adaptable and clever.
The story of how genetics shaped chicken into the go-to protein of choice around the world.
There are about six times more wild birds than humans on planet Earth.
It looks like a flying mouth with eyes -- and we absolutely adore it!
Not all birds soar high in the sky.
Although very similar, there are subtle differences that we can use to tell them apart.
They are among nature’s most beautiful birds — and also one of the strangest.
World Penguin Day is upon us. Pioneered at McMurdo Station — an American Research center on Ross Island in Antarctica — to raise awareness and inform the public more about the plights of flightless birds, it has been embraced by environmentalists all over the globe. Scientists noticed that April 25 was the specific day on […]
Who you calling bird brain?
A burning reminder of how mankind can drive species to extinction.
The inner workings of a bird's sex life.
The differences are too many to say all at once.
Meet the incredible lyrebird from Australia. And you thought parrots were cool....
Find out why!
The woodpecker's skull is simply built different.
It's remarkable what evolution can do in millions of years.
Penguins are amazing creatures, living in some of the harshest conditions in the world. They have an extremely sociable behavior for birds, they have big egos, busy sex lives, and they also commit suicide. We don’t know why this happens. Sometimes, some penguins just head on to the middle of the icy desert, far away […]
Once one of Madagascar’s crown inhabitants, the elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) is considered the largest bird to have ever lived. The first records of the bird are from the 9th century when Saracen and Indian traders visited Madagascar and spoke of legends of the the giant roc (rukh). The elephant bird became rarer and rarer once […]
