Birds are the master vocalists of the animal kingdom. They can make a remarkable variety of sounds. But why is a barred owl more of a baritone, while a cedar waxwing is a soprano? And what influences ...

It is Britain’s largest wading bird and has mottled grey ... place and heard this haunting sound will have it printed inside them forever. It is the curlew’s superpower, an arcing, bubbling ...

In a remarkable conservation success, the haunting call of the curlew has returned to Trasna Island in Lower Lough Erne, marking a historic first in decades. Thanks to dedicated efforts by the RSPB ...

This guest blog was written by Ann Datta, Volunteer Art Cataloguer in the ZSL Library. The slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a wading bird that lived in fresh water habitats of Europe ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

A recent outbreak of bird flu has revealed a strain in a Texas patient with nine mutations, making it more efficient and deadly. The virus, H5N1, commonly found in wild birds, has now infected ...

Curlew and Koala were so named because there are markings on their body that look like a curlew bird and a koala. They were seen off Flagler Beach on Jan. 5 and Melbourne on Jan. 10, before being ...

Sometimes people underestimate the importance of beaks, bills, and rostrums in identifying species. Yet, a beak can make all ...