These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise and theatrical that they make human romance look a little ...
After a four-year wait, the abundant fruiting of the rimu tree could inspire the world’s heaviest parrots to boost their population ...
Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...
Under ultraviolet light, many birds-of-paradise secretly glow, revealing hidden colours scientists believe may shape ...
One lucky group spotted all five species of woodpeckers they could possibly hope to see on a January day: hairy, downy and ...
The male species is remarkably more colourful than the female in most species, as has been an endless source of wonder for ...
Feathers on 37 of 45 birds-of-paradise species emit biofluorescence. The feathers absorb UV light and release it as a ...
In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...
New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four ...
The findings, published in the journal Biology Letters, showed that strangers were more likely to approach each other with ...
There are some strange mating rituals in the wild. Birds court through dance and song, and some males fight for females’ ...
Birds need more energy to stay warm at this time of year, but they have fewer daylight hours in which to search for food ...