Vocal muscles of songbirds work like those of human speakers and singers, according to Emory University scientist Dr Samuel Sober and his colleagues from...
A small warbler from China, a cryptic species of owl from the Middle East, and a tiny tapaculo from South America are just three of the incredible bird...
An international team of ornithologists from Sweden and New Zealand has described a new genus for a bird species called the lesser moorhen.
A new genus...
A team of scientists from the United Kingdom has captured first video recordings documenting how New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make ‘hooked...
A team of researchers from the United Kingdom has uncovered the first evidence of tool use by greater vasa parrots (Coracopsis vasa), unusual birs found...
Australian little penguins are a separate species from those living in New Zealand, a team of ornithologists led by University of Otago scientist Dr Stefanie...
Paleontologists from the University of Alberta have unearthed an amazing ~ 75 million-year-old fossil of an ostrich-like dinosaur known as Ornithomimus.
Reconstruction...
A new study published this week in the journal Biology Letters overturns the popular assumption that the mitochondrial evolution is only visible over long...
An endemic and previously unknown species of shorebird has been identified from fossils found in Central Otago, New Zealand.
Artist’s concept of Hakawai...
The most comprehensive and accurate avian tree of life has been published in the current issue of the journal Nature.
Phylogeny of birds. The five major,...
Early birds were capable of performing aerodynamic feats in a manner similar to their modern-day counterparts, according to a team of paleontologists from...
The Arctic polar night is not a period without any biological activity as had been assumed, says a large international team of biologists led by Norwegian...
A new study is attempting to answer one of mankind’s oldest questions: why does love exist?
A pair of zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) at Bird Kingdom,...
New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make and use tools, and tool types vary over geographic landscapes. How the birds transmit knowledge to each...
According to a paper that will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, ancient Egyptians bred raptors as offerings...
Nearly 60% of all seabird species, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, have plastic in their gut, according to a new study published in the...
A new study, led by Dr Gabrielle Davidson at the University of Cambridge, shows that wild Eurasian jackdaws (Corvus monedula) recognize individual human...
Since the 1830s, ornithologists have assumed that hummingbirds drink by capillary action (wicking), the passive process of a fluid rising into a narrow...
The Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus) should be elevated to the species level, says a team of scientists at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
This...
According to a trio of animal physiology researchers from Japan, the highest-ranking rooster has priority to announce the break of dawn.
Rooster in the...
