Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by birds. We eat them, ...

Elphick (The World of Birds), a wildlife writer, lecturer, and broadcaster who specializes in ornithology, effectively communicates his lifelong fascination with birds in this detailed guide. He ...

If this little birdie strikes you merely as cute, have another look at the feet, with flesh-ripping claws an eagle might covet. And the matching claws at the ends of its … fingers. Wait, wait — ...

Chapter 1: Scope of This Book -- Chapter 2: Anatomic Form and Function -- Terms of Orientation and Direction -- The Feathers of the Wing -- Aerodynamics and Their Clinical Implications -- Clinical ...

Birds tote around two vocal organs inside their bodies, but only one works. New interdisciplinary research suggests that this distinctly avian anatomy arose because birds, somewhere in their ...