Wild hamsters might sound like a cartoon concept, but they are real animals that live across large parts of Europe and ...

This bird lies for a living. Here’s what biological researchers have gleaned about its intelligence by observing its clever ...

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

Just 10 miles off the northern tip of mainland Scotland, Orkney is an archipelago of 70 islands, rich in Neolithic relics and ...

Take a peek into the always entertaining lives of birds, from intimate moments with mates to fierce fights for territory.

The bumpy-faced waterfowl can be found across the United States, but in almost all cases the birds are domestic versions of the wild ducks. Here's how to know which is which.

Honeyguide birds in northern Mozambique learn local human “dialects,” adapting to village-specific calls to guide honey-hunters to wild bees’ nests.

Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), working with international collaborators, have shown that people in ...

For a long time nothing happens and I start to worry that I have come to the wrong place, or that I have left it too late in ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed every two to four years. Their breeding seasons are triggered by the mass ...

A common nighthawk perches on a log in a soft crate at Iowa Bird Rehabilitation in Des Moines. A nonprofit that grew out of one woman’s basement in Des Moines rehabilitates thousands of wild birds ...