How do pigeons mate

The unique-looking shoebill is just one of 11 in the world currently in captivity, and there are only a few thousands left in the wild.

The sordid details of how dinosaurs got it on have long eluded scientists. Now there's a new idea emerging – could their most eccentric features tell us how they did it?

Waking up to birdsong at the crack of dawn can be both a delightful and sleep-depriving experience. But why do birds start singing so early in the morning?

Hummingbirds have a combination of extraordinarily versatile structural coloration in their feather barbules, and a long history of female mate choice (including ... be done with wild birds or even ...

"Suddenly, I heard the unfamiliar screech of a familiar bird. Across the field, a female northern harrier was beating wings toward me. But not at me." ...

An extremely rare 'dinosaur' bird - the only one of its kind in the UK - is patiently waiting for a lifelong mate to help save her entire species. Abou the female shoebill that has recently arrived at ...

The two male flamingos, named Lance Bass and Freddie Mercury, have moved on from their relationship, Colorado zoo officials say.

Understanding how birds respond to climate change is a critical area of research that Elizabeth Derryberry, associate professor in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and her ...

How will Epaulettes find his mate among all the others we can hear screeching and whistling across this leafy suburb? For that matter, how do birds in general – who seem to be forever touching ...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.” —John Lubbock This ...

The full-back is on the brink of signing a deal at Parkhead and previously shared his remarkable backstory in an interview in his homeland.

Researchers examined how heat impacts the behavior and physiology of Zebra finches. They discovered that heat altered the activity of hundreds of genes in the testis, but fewer in the brain, ...