'Stealthy' Giant Rhea Eludes Police In U.K.
The ostrich-like bird, native to South America, escaped from a farm in Nottinghamshire last week.
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How Bird Beaks Got Their Start As Dinosaur Snouts
Hoping to help trace the history of how velociraptors evolved into birds, researchers at Harvard and Yale may have tracked a key beak transformation to two genes.
U.S. Biologists Keen To Explore, Help Protect Cuba's Wild Places
Birders especially know that Cuba harbors hundreds of rarely seen, little-studied species. As the island nation opens to more U.S. visitors, scientists hope "green Cuba" can survive increased tourism.
An Owl Is Attacking And Injuring Residents Of A Netherlands Town
Drones aren't the only airborne worry in Europe this week. An aggressive owl is terrorizing the Dutch town of Purmerend. Hormones, perhaps? Or maybe it's just hungry.
Highflying Geese Save Energy By Swooping Like A Roller Coaster
They could shoot up to 24,000 feet and maintain that altitude in a long-distance migration across the Himalayas. But it's more efficient for bar-headed geese to soar and dive, scientists find.
Scientists Discover That Drunk Birds Sing Like Drunks
The songs of zebra finches, long used as a model for how humans learn to use speech, get a little sloppy after a few drinks, a new study finds. Future research will look at how it affects learning.
Birds Of A Feather Aren't Necessarily Related
Geneticists have revised the evolutionary tree of birds, revealing some unlikely relationships.
The Mystery Of The Missing Martins
In Skunk Bear's latest video, join the search for an enormous flock of missing songbirds, and learn some bizarre facts about Shakespeare and Doppler radar along the way.