Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

Several mornings a week, I rise early and head out to my favorite patch of late blooming flowers. It’s a large patch of tall, bright yellow flowers. At this time of year there isn’t a ...

also called pirate birds. Witness the nesting of these birds that have extraordinary wingspans and can soar for weeks. Ecologists who studied male birds’ courtship moves in Mexico concluded that ...

A spokesman said that that the male bird, called Louie, was “well equipped for surviving in the urban environment,” adding: “As a meat-eating forager he clearly found plenty of scraps to ...