What do Wilson’s bird-of-paradise, the red-necked tanager, and the keel-billed toucan all have in common? They are all ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

The beautiful melody of birds early in the morning is the best thing to hear. But do all birds sing in the morning? And why ...

Travis Audubon shares Central Texas’ January bird forecast highlighting one of our most vocal year-round birds, the Carolina ...

Many bird species take part in a dawn chorus. This is when the community of songbirds in a particular habitat sing ...

The great tit is the picture-perfect garden bird. However, behind its "cute" reputation hides a dark reality: these birds eat ...

IN southern Brazil, a drink is never just a drink. A cuia, a customary drinking vessel, filled with chimarrão, the traditional Brazilian erva-mate infusion, is passed from hand to hand, opening a ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

Scientists once believed birds relied only on flight, talons and socialization for survival. But this one proves otherwise: it uses chemistry. For most of modern biology, there was a widely accepted ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 ...