Medicine & TechnologyWild cockatoos in Indonesia were seen using knives and spoons made from tree branches to access the seeds of sea mango fruit, showing behavior that was once thought to be unique in primates.
A giant tortoise was recently videoed while killing a baby bird and eventually eating it. The whole bird slaughter and eating process took less than 10 minutes as seen in the video.
An examination of a recently-excavated bird fossil suggests that their unique brain shape might have helped these early birds survive the Chicxulub asteroid impact - an extinction event that wiped out nonavian dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
Clever cockatoos in Australia learned to open trash bins to access leftover food by copying others. This unique bin-opening behavior is an example of social learning.
Scientists are baffled by the suspicious deaths of birds across the United States. Wildlife experts in at least states are now investigating the cause of bird deaths.
European researchers are building robotic birds that can flap their wings and glides smoothly using air currents. They hope to use it in the next decade in medical emergencies and in searching for other drones.
A new study recently revealed duetting songbirds are strongly in sync that they appear "telepathic" because of their ability to mute their mate's music mind while singing.
Recordings of night parrot calls from the desert sites in Australia have indicated the country's largest known population of nocturnal parrots. Despite that, the almost mythical bird species remains endangered.
H5N8 bird flu virus is emerging as the next public health concern, affecting 46 countries. The outbreak has led to the slaughter of millions of birds worldwide since 2020.
Reports recently showed approximately 15 to 20 of the giant California condors have taken a fondness to a woman's house in the city of Tehachapi and they made quite a mess.
Frogmouth bird recently topped the overall rankings of the IAA, an algorithm that German scientists made to rank nearly 30,000 bird photos on Instagram.