Mysterious creatures with bird-like feet roamed around southern Africa more than 210 million years ago, according to new research—roughly 60 million years before the earliest known bird ancestors.

If a bird were ever designed by artificial intelligence, the result might look rather like a sunbittern.” From USA Today: “An ...

the tracker’s GPS revealed that it happened at 9,455 feet above the ground. Starting from approximate sea level, that’s much higher than the altitude birds of prey are known to hunt at.

Millions of years ago, apex predators in the Phorusrhacidae family lived up to their more common name—terror birds. The mostly flightless, meat-eating dinosaur ...

As with any animal species – some birds are more athletic than others and are able to soar to unimaginable heights. The 10 birds with the greatest flight capabilities are spotlighted in this ...

pushing into the depths with its huge paddle-like feet. "I took the image from a raised platform high above the wetland. "With a little bit of imagination, the combination of bird and ripples look ...

2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful raptor-like feet, according to a new ... Oct. 4, 2024 — A new study shows environmental ...

And when a bird silently nods off on its perch, it may also dream as its singing muscles twitch. Could it be rehearsing in its sleep? A substantial proportion of bird species are songbirds with ...

“It will also make the litter sticky, and it will stick to the birds’ feet and cause pododermatitis.” Pushing for growth with a high-protein diet can also cause issues, she adds. “A ...

Barry Keoghan is adding a new edition to his pantheon of weird, little guy characters with his new role in Andrea Arnold’s Bird. The drama, Keoghan’s first role since his viral performance in ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday. The ...