Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

Black-and-white owls (Strix nigrolineata) are pictured at the Wildlife Rescue Center in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on September 16 ...

Learn how to identify bird eggs by color and size. One of the most interesting bird egg facts that despite the broad variety in colors and markings displayed by bird eggs, just two pigments are ...

Aside from their strange horns, these birds also possess some interesting anatomy below the surface. Inside their bones and skin are tons of tiny air sacs that reduce the weight of these large ...

1. The bald neck and bare heads of vultures keep their feathers from sticking to blood while eating corpses. 2. During hot days, vultures engage in a process called urohydrosis. They urinate on their ...

Mary Ann Thomas Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. | Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. While volunteer bird enthusiasts counted cardinals and robins for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count from Pittsburgh ...

That is the sound of two Common Loons communicating over "the expanse of a glassy lake," the American Birding Association (ABA) says in its announcement that the Common Loon is their 2025 Bird of ...