Bird species have unique behaviors and preferences. Macaws, for example, use their powerful beaks to tear apart materials that less destructive birds such as canaries show no interest in. Budgies and ...

Pet birds spend the majority of their day on their perch. They don’t lay down or sit on their rump, so the health of their feet is heavily dependent on the perches you provide to them. It’s also a ...

Four sandpipers congregate on a workbench in the basement of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. At first glance, the shorebirds look genuine — not unlike the hundreds of taxidermy specimens ...

New research sheds light on the world's most specialised bird perch. The researchers suspect that the vertical, branchless stem of a South African plant - locally called the Rat's Tail - has evolved ...

Birds on a pure sunflower seeds diet are often obese with poor feather condition and sore feet. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

In a twist on seduction in the vegetable world, one South African plant grows a flowerless spear that lets avian pollinators perch within beak shot of the plant’s flowers. Naturalists proposed decades ...