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The calliope hummingbird, North America's smallest bird, migrates through Utah each summer. A banding event on July 19 at Red ...
Everyone loves a good dinner party, but not everyone likes to stay up late. This article makes a case for moving your dinner party to lunch time, when entertaining is easier.
Scientists caught soft brown bat with strong claws in net trap in forests and discovered an elusive new species: Himalayan long-tailed Myotis, study said.
Learn what a Calliope hummingbird looks like, where to find these tiny birds in the U.S., and how to attract them.
Long-tailed tits must be up there for an award as our most cute little birds, and especially so for the young fledglings. When they leave the nest, the babies will often line up together on a tree ...
Yet few creatures embody this principle so intricately as the long-tailed tit. Found flitting through British gardens, these small birds reveal extraordinary loyalty to their kin. Far from fleeting ...
A greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) was spotted in Jhanjhrola on Sunday morning, likely the bird’s first recorded sighting in Gurugram district, birders said. A greater racket ...
Forget fleeting friendships – the social secrets of the long-tailed tit has revealed an extraordinary level of family commitment even during migratory journeys.
For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten.
The long-tailed weasel is a predator – make no mistake about that. It is an aggressive hunter, constantly moving in search of its next meal. It primarily hunts small mammals such as mice and voles but ...
The early evolution of birds has long been a mystery due to the limited fossil record. Two bird fossils dating back 149 million years to the Jurassic era have been unearthed in Fujian Province ...
Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived around 150 million years ago and had a short tail like those of ...