The best bird feeder cameras means that observing our feathered friends no longer feels like a giant game of hide and seek. These specialized cameras combine weatherproof construction, motion-sensing ...

Before delving into the high-tech world of bird feeders, it’s worth reflecting on the traditional bird feeder. For centuries, people have hung feeders in their backyards to attract local wildlife.

Fossil evidence has revealed that feathers are not exclusive to modern birds and their immediate relatives. Dinosaurs with feathers existed in the distant past, showing that these structures are much ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

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Emus have a reputation for being “bird-brained”. In her art, Wendy Binks of Stunned Emu Designs captures that quirky, if vacant, look in their eyes. But, despite widespread assumptions about ...

Holding the record for the largest wingspan of any living bird, the wandering albatross is a master of oceanic flight. It can travel thousands of kilometres using wind currents, barely needing to ...

Bird food is a small but crucial way of supporting British wildlife. Provide meals for birds and their young and you’ll be rewarded with beautiful birdsong and displays of natural colour. Bird food is ...

The right combination of bird behaviors augured favorable conditions, but the wrong patterns spelled trouble. Today, spanning nearly 60 years, in partnership with the Point Reyes National Seashore ...

iaai specimen in 1992 and named the species in 2005. She said she initially hypothesized that the species was closely related to modern ducks on the evolutionary tree of birds, but other scientists ...

Birds of prey, or raptors, are carnivorous birds that hunt and kill prey using a combination of their keen senses, strong talons and sharp, hooked beaks. Ranging from the minuscule falconet to the ...