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A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...
You’ve probably seen a bald eagle in a film or TV show, where the bird soars gracefully and swoops with might to catch its ...
You’ve probably seen a bald eagle in a film or TV show, where the bird soars gracefully and swoops with might to catch its ...
After you download the app Merlin Bird ID, you can use your smartphone to identify sounds and match them to the birds in ...
A flight attendant has revealed that birdsong is now being played in plane bathrooms to hide embarrassing “toilet sounds.” ...
A new AI tool that picks out bird and amphibian sounds in audio recordings could improve how ecologists monitor and study ...
The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular idea about why.
12. Hoatzin Hoatzin. Image via Openverse. The hoatzin is a bird that’s so strange, it’s often compared to dinosaurs. With its spiky crest, blue face, and reddish eyes, it looks almost prehistoric. But ...
Hoatzin have some pretty weird traits, with mohican crests, blue facial skin, red eyes and large, fan-shaped tails, which they used to maintain balance while navigating dense vegetation.
Found in the Amazon rainforest, the hoatzin is often called a “living fossil” due to its unusual features. It has claws on its chicks’ wings, which are quite similar to the ancient bird ...
Bird silhouettes from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Data analysis and reporting by Alyssa Fowers, who still thinks the Eurasian collared dove sounds like an owl.
A rhinoceros hornbill. Credit: Shutterstock 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 ...