Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

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Protesters gathered in their hundreds and were kept well away. They could only wait in agonised terror. When police cut the ...

Katie’s “Save the Ostriches” campaign had until this point attracted hippies, libertarians, and anti-vaxxers, as well as ...

Kennedy Jr. was making calls to Canadian officials; Dr. Oz had offered to evacuate the ostriches to his ranch in Florida.

Abstract: Automated bird sound recognition has emerged as a valuable tool for studying and protecting biodiversity. By analyzing bird vocalizations, researchers can gain insights into population ...

A woman who bought a fertilised emu egg on eBay is now raising the prehistoric bird like family. Bird fanatic Rhi Evans has ...

A woman who accidentally bought a fertilised emu egg on eBay while half-asleep is now raising the six-foot bird as part of ...

From Hitchcock to Poe, there’s something about birds that inspires enduring tales of the macabre. As this collection of low-budget boondoggles makes painfully clear, however, that’s not always the ...

Tucked away in the forested corners of Australia lives a bird so unique that it could put most impressionists to shame. Meet the lyrebird, nature’s master mimic, whose reputation has grown not just ...

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