When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...
They recorded electrical signals in muscles from head to tail, to see what areas were engaged while they were at work on the wood. Then in six birds they captured air-pressure data from a section of ...
A new study reveals how woodpeckers combine breathing and whole-body coordination to drill into trees with extraordinary ...
The birds grunt like tennis pros when generating their rat-a-tat, a performance strategy that may help stabilize core muscles.
A first ever British sighting of a Boat-tailed Grackle, a bird native to the eastern United States, has been made at Calshot Spit.
Africa's secretary bird, a raptor with crane-like legs, delivers powerful, precise kicks to subdue prey like snakes. New research reveals these strikes, exceeding five times the bird's body weight, ...
Visitors at a Yorkshire nature reserve recently got a once-in-a-lifetime surprise: a white-throated needletail.