Despite their small brains, many birds develop sophisticated social structures with diverse systems of communication.

The birds of prey are famously sharp-sighted — “eagle-eyed” we call those who see superbly well. But where owls have evolved to overcome darkness, the diurnal raptors excel at overcoming ...

for them. Restless and twitchy, moving about the world with an intention very different from our own, the very nature of birds make birdwatchers a restless and fidgety tribe — always on their ...

The contrast between quail, cormorant and eagle was striking, and I wondered, why do birds have different kinds of wings and flight patterns? When you consider that there are over 9,000 species ...

Ecologist Joe Beale tells us more. Over 300 species of birds have been recorded in London at different times of the year. Some are year-round residents while others migrate from as far away as Siberia ...

This suggests that birds from different climates will handle extreme heat differently. This is an important finding. Previous research assumed that the body temperature response to extreme air ...