Feb 1, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Veronika Laine from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology and Dr. Martien Groenen from Wageningen University,...

Jan 26, 2016 by Natali Anderson

According to a new study published this week in the journal Current Biology, Secretary birds can kick with 195 Newtons, which is equivalent to about 5...

Jan 20, 2016 by News Staff

A group of scientists led by Dr. Per Alström of Uppsala University has described a new species of bird from the northeastern India and adjacent parts...

Jan 12, 2016 by News Staff

Vocal muscles of songbirds work like those of human speakers and singers, according to Emory University scientist Dr Samuel Sober and his colleagues from...

Jan 5, 2016 by Natali Anderson

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...

Jan 2, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

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...

Dec 28, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of scientists from the United Kingdom has captured first video recordings documenting how New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make ‘hooked...

Dec 17, 2015 by News Staff

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...

Dec 15, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

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...

Oct 28, 2015 by News Staff

Paleontologists from the University of Alberta have unearthed an amazing ~ 75 million-year-old fossil of an ostrich-like dinosaur known as Ornithomimus. Reconstruction...

Oct 28, 2015 by News Staff

A new study published this week in the journal Biology Letters overturns the popular assumption that the mitochondrial evolution is only visible over long...

Oct 19, 2015 by News Staff

An endemic and previously unknown species of shorebird has been identified from fossils found in Central Otago, New Zealand. Artist’s concept of Hakawai...

Oct 9, 2015 by News Staff

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,...

Oct 8, 2015 by News Staff

Early birds were capable of performing aerodynamic feats in a manner similar to their modern-day counterparts, according to a team of paleontologists from...

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

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...

Sep 15, 2015 by News Staff

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,...

Sep 9, 2015 by News Staff

New Caledonian crows (Corvus moneduloides) make and use tools, and tool types vary over geographic landscapes. How the birds transmit knowledge to each...

Sep 4, 2015 by News Staff

According to a paper that will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, ancient Egyptians bred raptors as offerings...

Sep 1, 2015 by News Staff

Nearly 60% of all seabird species, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, have plastic in their gut, according to a new study published in the...

Aug 20, 2015 by News Staff

A new study, led by Dr Gabrielle Davidson at the University of Cambridge, shows that wild Eurasian jackdaws (Corvus monedula) recognize individual human...