Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

They were loved by Charles Darwin, they build brilliantly bad nests and they even produce a kind of “milk”. Surely, these ...

If you’ve seen a bird, chances are good you’ve seen a Red-winged Blackbird. One of the most widespread (and—dare we say ...

Blue jay bird is one of the magnificent birds, intelligent and full of life, possessing the power of provoking attention. This species is easily recognizable because of the bright blue plumage and a ...

Parent birds deliver more than 10,000 to their young A pair of great tits will each fly at least 100 km to collect the caterpillars and carry almost their own body weight in a day Robins and wrens ...

Past societies developed a range of weird and wonderful explanations for birds’ annual disappearance. Some thought they became barnacles, others that they hibernated in cliffs. As recently as ...

Widespread and abundant in much of North America, the introduced European starling is arguably and problematically the most successful bird on the continent. Often characterized as bold ...

Twitter named its original bird logo after him, “Larry the Bird.” 1980 – NBA Rookie of the Year. 1981 – Wins first NBA title with the Boston Celtics. 1985 – Bird’s rivalry with Johnson ...