This serene garden hosts everything from orchids to Amazonian trees to large ferns, and is a haven for wild animals such as marmosets, frogs and tropical birds. The gardens were originally created ...

These birds live communally, and the entire cohort works together to build a nest and multiple roosts from grass. The group’s ...

From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a study published in the journal Science, scientists from The ...

In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link ...

Science librarian Jenny Zawisza was tidying up around Hatch Science Library, as she does, when she poked her head around the ...

New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds.

The Forty-spotted Pardalote is one of Australia’s rarest birds. A recent report on the state of Tasmania’s environment, ...

Parrots are unique among birds in how they produce the pigmentation that makes their vibrant feathering. It turns out a ...

Tweaking the chemical composition of a parrot-specific pigment can shift feathers from red to yellow or green.

Cassowaries are curious birds known to attack humans. They are quick and can sprint as fast as 50 km (31 miles) per hour, an ability they have developed since they are flightless. They are further ...

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