The 20th century expansion of nectar feeders drove Anna’s Hummingbirds to spread across California—and transformed the birds ...

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Just in time for tourist season, billions of brine flies are hatching at the Great Salt Lake. Although they've got a bad reputation among humans, ...

The monstrous terror bird once roamed the earth, but it didn't manage to survive into the modern day. If it did, though, the ...

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A mystery pigeon lady is snatching “weak” birds from outside the Met and storing them for days at a time inside her car – ...

Parrots living in Sydney have learned how to turn on water fountains for a drink. It's the first such drinking strategy seen in the birds.

Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study ...

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

This cormorant somehow manages to gulp down a fish that's even bigger than its head! How do these birds swallow their food ...

A critically endangered New Zealand parrot is receiving much needed help. The flightless Kākāpō, though once widespread in ...

The third-oldest zoo in the U.S. is evolving to embrace a mission of conservation and education. Here's how that affects the ...