A prehistoric feathered throwback that stands five feet tall, this apex predator easily swallows its younger siblings, and ...

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The ones with long legs: There are a few long-legged birds in the Wisconsin area. And they all have long, stupid beaks and have definitely all gotten fined for public indecency and battery before, ...

So far, the oldest-known bird fossil is the famous Archaeopteryx ... This odd, crow-sized creature had long legs and three toes tipped with claws; its jawbone and teeth were like those of a ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

Watch the bird long enough and you’ll notice it swaps legs occasionally to keep the “standing” leg warm. In the Delaware Bay exhibit, many of the birds have evolved to spend part of the year ...